Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Capturing Light: Another view of the distinctive light sculptures.
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Joe Fletcher
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Capturing Light: The meditation room invites serenity with its interplay of light, shadow, and texture.
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Joe Fletcher
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Capturing Light: Daytime view of the Meditation Room with skylight above.
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Joe Fletcher
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Capturing Light: Meditation Room at night.
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Joe Fletcher
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Capturing Light: The powder room juxtaposes textures and materials to create a chiaroscuro effect, enriching the living spaces with depth and intrigue.
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Joe Fletcher
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Capturing Light: A sunken courtyard acts as a light-reflecting oasis.
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Joe Fletcher
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Capturing Light: Color-changing LED installations allow for elegant nighttime experiences.
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Joe Fletcher
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Tribeca Penthouse: Utilizing durable, unfussy materials and minimal color, the design contrasts with the heavy existing timber posts and beams, while providing a serene environment for the owners' personal curation.
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Brooke Holm
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Tribeca Penthouse: Deep inset shelving in the thickened fireplace wall provides much needed texture and scale for the living area.
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Brooke Holm
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Tribeca Penthouse: Douglas fir open shelving provides contrast, detail and an intimate place for the family to display books and curios.
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Brooke Holm
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Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Tribeca Penthouse: The use of white paint on walls and millwork allows daylight to bounce and reflect light through the apartment. While the color palette is restrained, the material palette provides a textural richness and detail
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Brooke Holm
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Tribeca Penthouse: Recesses, wall columns, and soffits were engaged or hidden within cabinetry to provide a visually elegant space.
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Brooke Holm
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Tribeca Penthouse: The kitchen perfectly showcases how a variety of material textures work within the restrained and elemental color palette.
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Brooke Holm
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Tribeca Penthouse: Detail of the custom shelving that flanks the primary view of the kitchen.
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Brooke Holm
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Tribeca Penthouse: At the apex of the stair, large windows offer panoramic views of the roof terrace and city beyond, providing a captivating conclusion to the journey through this meticulously crafted penthouse retreat.
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Brooke Holm
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Tribeca Penthouse: The under-the-stair space was reimagined as a playful hideout, complete with plywood construction, cushions, pillows, and storage for toys and books, adding a whimsical touch to the home.
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Brooke Holm
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Tribeca Penthouse: A large white panel hides the TV and components when not in use and is designed to feel like part of the wall when open.
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Brooke Holm
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Tribeca Penthouse: The primary bathroom's frosted glass enclosures aid in bringing light into the intimate space.
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Brooke Holm
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Tribeca Penthouse: Custom shelving creates definition and added warmth to the walls in the primary bedroom.
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Brooke Holm
Min Design Elevates the Everyday with Elegant Architecture
Min Design
Tribeca Penthouse: Custom shelving in the living room offers unique view points.
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Brooke Holm
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Swatt + Partners Defines California Modern Luxury
Swatt + Partners
In Northern California, a ridge-top parcel filled with native trees like Pacific Madrone and California Bay Laurel provides the setting for Whispering Stones — a modern, wine country estate by Swatt + Partners.
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Tim Griffith
Swatt + Partners Defines California Modern Luxury
Swatt + Partners
Whispering Stones is connected from the road by a sinuous 2/3 mile long drive routed to preserve as much of the natural landscape as possible.
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Tim Griffith
Swatt + Partners Defines California Modern Luxury
Swatt + Partners
Set within a 38-acre parcel, Whispering Stones encompasses three-levels across 8,500 square feet.
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Tim Griffith
Swatt + Partners Defines California Modern Luxury
Swatt + Partners
Precise, rectilinear geometry in bold horizontal strokes is a sharp contrast to the undulating and native landscape.
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Tim Griffith
Swatt + Partners Defines California Modern Luxury
Swatt + Partners
The entrance to Whispering Stones features a glass bridge, centered in the linear arrangement of spaces.
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Tim Griffith
Swatt + Partners Defines California Modern Luxury
Swatt + Partners
Near the entrance, a steel-plate mounted Braille wall—elevated 8 inches above the finish floor—features a Frank Lloyd Wright quote that reads, "The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes."
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Tim Griffith
Swatt + Partners Defines California Modern Luxury
Swatt + Partners
The glass bridge and Braille wall compress the volume between the entrance and the double-height living area and kitchen.
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Tim Griffith
Swatt + Partners Defines California Modern Luxury
Swatt + Partners
Featuring concrete, glass, stainless steel and Western Cedar, the materiality beautifully amplifies the precise geometry of the architecture.
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Tim Griffith
Swatt + Partners Defines California Modern Luxury
Swatt + Partners
Elegant and gracious interior spaces, such as this glass-wall surrounded dining area, offer an abundance of natural light and strong indoor-outdoor connections.
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Tim Griffith
Swatt + Partners Defines California Modern Luxury
Swatt + Partners
The main level features in-floor zoned radiant heat underfoot.
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Tim Griffith
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