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Week In Review: 7 Great Reads You May Have Missed November 23, 2013
Each week Dwell.com delivers more than 50 original posts, articles, and interviews focused on the latest in modern design. We wouldn't want you to miss a thing, so we've pulled together our top stories of the week. Take a look and see what you might have missed.
Architect J.C. Schmeil renovated and added onto a 1935 Austin bungalow in order to better accommodate his family: wife Ashley McLain, sons Corbin (13) and Beckett (10), and Shiner the rescue dog. They purchased the cottage in 1998, and after a couple of small renovations and considering a move, they realized they needed to add some serious square footage. So in 2012 Schmeil gutted the original cottage, upgraded all systems, and added on to the upstairs, bringing the former 820 square feet up to the current 2,150 with four bedrooms. Photo by Whit Preston.
Make a real impression on a hard-to-shop-for design lover with the purchase of an American architectural landmark, Louis Kahn's 1961 Esherick House in Philadelphia. It's located on 3/4 of an acre in the suburb of Chestnut Hill and comes with an original, Kahn-designed kitchen and custom millwork throughout. $975,000 via BHHS Fox & Roach.
Located in New Zealand, this compact prefab vacation home in the seaside community of Onemana Beach was a collaboration with architecture students from Auckland’s Unitec Institute of Technology.
Embedded in the desert, this Marmol Radziner–designed prefab home for a Las Vegas casino executive features a James Turrell pyramidal Skyspace structure.
Utterly festive and never fussy, a pair of every-season party shoes with gold-mirrored leather will always be appreciated.
Phelps enjoys the master bedroom.