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Oblong Valley Farm by Scalar Architecture

Sharon, Connecticut

RECORD Editors

February 28, 2023

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Scalar Architecture designs a modular rural residence for an extended family on a farm in the Berkshires.

A Pair of Renovated and Expanded Artist-House Museums Reopens in the U.K.

Sudbury and London

Tim Abrahams

February 16, 2023

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The recently refurbished house museums of painters Sir Frederick Leighton and Thomas Gainsborough let art and life intermingle.

A Vermont Mountain House by McLeod Kredell Architects Speaks to its Surroundings

Stowe, Vermont

Laura Raskin

February 15, 2023

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Inspired by Stowe’s early ski-lodge vernacular, the architects perched the house gently on the site, eschewing the excesses of resort culture.

Architect Neal Schwartz Adds a Dovecote Wing onto his Vacation Home

Sonoma, California

Lydia Lee

January 17, 2023

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The whimsical addition houses a charming office beneath a dozen nesting boxes for mourning doves.

2023 RECORD Kitchen & Bath Competition Winners

January 16, 2023

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RECORD presents three projects that highlight hospitable environments with access to the outdoors, lots of daylight, and innovative takes on a home's most essential spaces.

Architect Amy Alper's Kitchen for a California Couple Opens to Vineyard Views

Glen Ellen, California

David Sokol

January 16, 2023

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The reconstruction of a house destroyed during Northern California's 2017 Nuns Fire yields a gracious space that overlooks acres of Cabernet Sauvignon.

A Passive House Renovation Knits Past and Present with the Surrounding Landscape

Cornwall, Connecticut

David Sokol

January 16, 2023

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Designed by architect Sarah Jefferys, the project's new kitchen and bath were designed to exploit the surrounding landscape.

A Dramatically Skylit Los Angeles Kitchen by aanda and HYArch Brings in the Sun

California

Sheila Kim

January 16, 2023

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A bi-coastal team designs a renovation and expansion with a sun-filled cooking, dining, and lounging zone that accommodates a couple and their beloved cat.