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]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13446 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 08:35:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13446-design-vanguard-2018-edward-ogosta Hangar Office This 3,400-square-foot LEED Platinum warehouse conversion provides a new training center for Servicon Systems, a provider of sustainable maintenance services for Southern California’s aerospace industry. Photo © Wundr Studio Rear Window House Through careful sequencing of new spaces and strategically located apertures, this addition to a 70-year-old bungalow for the architect’s own home opens itself up to become deeply integrated with the rear garden. Photo © Steve King Corner Pocket House Located on a noisy intersection in Manhattan Beach, California, this transformation of a cramped 1950s bungalow “actually designed itself,” according to Ogosta. The need to buffer the house from traffic meant few windows on the street elevation; a depression in the terrain dictated retaining walls. The plan is a straight shot from the front patio to a giant tree in the backyard, the rooms “all lined up to clearly create a connection from inside to out." Photo © Steve King Corner Pocket House Located on a noisy intersection in Manhattan Beach, California, this transformation of a cramped 1950s bungalow “actually designed itself,” according to Ogosta. The need to buffer the house from traffic meant few windows on the street elevation; a depression in the terrain dictated retaining walls. The plan is a straight shot from the front patio to a giant tree in the backyard, the rooms “all lined up to clearly create a connection from inside to out." Photo © Steve King 1806-The-Future-of-Practice-Design-Vanguard-Edward-Ogosta-06.jpg Four Eyes House Photo courtesy Edward Ogosta Architecture 1806-The-Future-of-Practice-Design-Vanguard-Edward-Ogosta-07.jpg Four Eyes House Photo courtesy Edward Ogosta Architecture 1806-The-Future-of-Practice-Design-Vanguard-Edward-Ogosta-08.jpg Hybrid Office Photo courtesy Edward Ogosta Architecture