In designing a vacation house on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, the architect Ben Saxe faced a common problem here: how to address the climate, which can alternate between drenching rain and hot sun on the same day. Saxe, who founded Studio Saxe in San Jose five years ago, had previously worked for Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in London. Drawn to the firm’s high-tech ethos, he decided to create a canopy-like white steel structure for this 4,000-square-foot house.
The living/dining area is open to the outdoors, like a porch.
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