Modern Project Stories

Fallen Leaf Residence: The Almost Invisible Tahoe Mountain Home

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Location: Lake Tahoe, California
Primary Material System: Thermally broken minimal aluminum system
How do you create an almost invisible mountain home without sacrificing thermal performance in extreme alpine conditions?
This innovative project brought together a collaborative architectural firm, a very involved homeowner, a builder who was up for the challenge, and a fenestration service provider from Canada with whom none of them had previously worked.
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Clinton Hill Italianate: The Award-Winning Transformation of a Brooklyn Rowhouse

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Location: Brooklyn, New York
Primary Material System: Historically sensitive wood windows and doors
How do you preserve the soul of a historic brownstone while radically upgrading light, openness, and energy performance?
This Italianate Architecture brownstone rowhouse transformation wins an AIA Brooklyn award for Balancing Design and Energy Performance.

Northshore Residence: Modern House with Window Walls on Lake Michigan

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Location: Lake Michigan, USA
Primary Material System: Large-scale wood window walls
How do you maximize panoramic lake views while protecting occupants from severe shoreline climate exposure?
The eastern shorelines of Lake Michigan are known for stunning natural beauty. Marked by clear, full-color waters, sandy beaches, and rolling dunes, the landscape provides inspiration for those looking for a grand retreat.
Dallas House with That Glass

The Dallas House with That Glass: Distinctive Oversized Windows in Texas

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Location: Dallas, Texas
Primary Material System: Oversized structural glazing with minimal metal framing
How do you engineer extraordinarily oversized glass without compromising precision, safety, or architectural purity?
There is a house being built just north of Dallas that features a unique piece of glass. In terms of its size and weight, the glass has posed a huge challenge to source, transport, and install. In fact, there is only one supplier in the world that produces such a piece of glass, and maybe only one fenestration service...
Fulldraw Vineyard Winery

Fulldraw Vineyard: Winery Architecture that Blends Sophistication and Comfort

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Location: Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Primary Material System: Commercial wood and steel-inspired glazing systems
How do you deliver hospitality warmth and refined luxury while meeting the operational demands of a modern winery?
For Dynamic, Fulldraw was the first ever commercial project that Clayton Korte brought to them. “All of our previous projects with Dynamic were luxury residential,” said Brian Korte, FAIA, Principal, “so Fulldraw posed a new performance requirement in our partnership.”

Brooklyn Row House: Urban Home Rehabilitated with Air and Light in Mind

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Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York
Primary Material System: Contemporary wood window systems
How do you bring light and openness into a dense urban rowhouse while respecting neighborhood context and history?
This 1891 four-story row house is in Brooklyn, New York, in a historical district called Park Slope, known for its tree-lined streets and brownstones. This particular home was bought by a young family in 2014 and rehabilitated to become their own unique....

Palms Residence: House Inside a Garden

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Location: Venice, California
Primary Material System: Minimal wood and glass fenestration
How do you dissolve the boundary between architecture and landscape on a compact urban garden property?
Rather than talking about a house with a garden, Gillian Wynn, interior designer and home owner of Palms Residence in Venice, California, says, “I actually like to think of this as a house set inside a garden.” Indeed, for Wynn, it was the property’s prolific greenery that...
Modern rustic farmhouse at night

Aptos Retreat Residence: Modern Farmhouse with Rustic Aesthetic

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Primary Material System: Rustic-modern wood window systems
How do you merge refined modern architecture with the rugged informality of a coastal mountain retreat?
Set in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California, this farmhouse residence was designed by Cass Calder Smith (CCS) Architecture for a San Francisco couple with six children. The home is grounded in the landscape of an expansive twenty-acre site, located just inland from the beach town of Aptos on a steep bluff.
contemporary wooden windows in Oz Park home

Oz Park Residence: Groundbreaking Green Home in Chicago

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Location: Chicago, Illinois
Primary Material System: High-performance wood windows
How do you create a highly sustainable urban family home without losing warmth, openness, or emotional connection to nature?
One of the most prominent push features in the design of the home is its bay windows, supplied by Dynamic Fenestration. These floor-to-ceiling custom wood windows are found throughout the home on every level, pushing out key interior spaces and pulling in landscaped courtyards, green roofs, and park views.
Olson Kundig Dragonfly House on a lake

Dragonfly House: Modern Montana Retreat on Former Campsite

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Location: Montana, USA
Primary Material System: Minimal steel and glass assemblies
How do you preserve the emotional experience of camping while delivering the comfort and permanence of a luxury residence?
Designed by Olson Kundig architects and constructed by Bear Mountain Builders, the house was meant to embrace its natural environment in a way that allowed the family to experience the setting almost like they were still camping.