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Modern windows in large garden home

Modern means minimal

Whether made of metal or wood, our modern fenestration speaks to the aesthetic drive for maximum glass and minimal structure. Frames are integrated into walls and sills are recessed into floors, allowing for clean lines and crisp alignments. Oversized glass and large complex assemblies are designed to create glazed expanses, which maximize views and natural light. The resulting experience allows for a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor living.

From wood and wood clad residential storefront designs with integrated venting windows to thermally broken metal window wall composites, wrap-around floor to ceiling glazing is one of the truest expressions of architectural fenestration. Massive lift and slide doors, pivot doors and exterior bifold doors offer dramatic architectural scale openings with attention to alignments and continuous sill details. Re-think the design boundaries.  Then go beyond.

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Project Stories

Garden home with Large modern windows upstairs and downstairs

Hog Pen Creek Residence: Blending nature with lake front living

Location: Austin, TX   |   Architect: Lake|Flato   |   Builder: Crowell Builders
Awards: 2016 AIA Housing Award, 2016 Architizer A+ Housing Award Finalist, 2014 Texas Society of Architects/AIA Design Award, 2013 AIA San Antonio Merit Award

Located on five acres of Texas woodland along the shore of Lake Austin, the clients tasked Lake|Flato Architects to design a home that was part of the natural landscape with an emphasis on outdoor living and experiencing the surroundings through the architecture. The wish was to deliver maximum views of the lake while preserving the heritage oak trees and creating a Texas vibe with both ranch and lake house design elements.

The resulting architectural experience is open and fluid, enhanced by a series of interconnected spaces. To visually and physically connect this interior flow to the outdoor spaces, the architect incorporated large expanses of glass using wood windows and doors crafted from Alaskan Yellow Cedar.

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Fallen Leaf Residence, Part Two: The Coating Conversation with Dynamic and Arkema

Dynamic Fenestration
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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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Fallen Leaf Residence: The Almost Invisible Tahoe Mountain Home

Dynamic Fenestration
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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.
Read more
Italianate architecture entry door

Clinton Hill Italianate: The Award-Winning Transformation of a Brooklyn Rowhouse

Dynamic Fenestration
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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.
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Northshore Residence: Modern House with Window Walls on Lake Michigan

Dynamic Fenestration
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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.
Read more
Dallas House with That Glass

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

Dynamic Fenestration
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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...
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Fulldraw Vineyard Winery

Fulldraw Vineyard: Winery Architecture that Blends Sophistication and Comfort

Dynamic Fenestration
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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.”
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Brooklyn Row House: Urban Home Rehabilitated with Air and Light in Mind

Dynamic Fenestration
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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....
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Palms Residence: House Inside a Garden

Dynamic Fenestration
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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...
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Modern rustic farmhouse at night

Aptos Retreat Residence: Modern Farmhouse with Rustic Aesthetic

Dynamic Fenestration
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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.
Read more

Fallen Leaf Residence, Part Two: The Coating Conversation with Dynamic and Arkema

Dynamic Fenestration
|
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.
Read more

Fallen Leaf Residence: The Almost Invisible Tahoe Mountain Home

Dynamic Fenestration
|
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.
Read more
Italianate architecture entry door

Clinton Hill Italianate: The Award-Winning Transformation of a Brooklyn Rowhouse

Dynamic Fenestration
|
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.
Read more

Northshore Residence: Modern House with Window Walls on Lake Michigan

Dynamic Fenestration
|
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.
Read more
Dallas House with That Glass

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

Dynamic Fenestration
|
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...
Read more
Fulldraw Vineyard Winery

Fulldraw Vineyard: Winery Architecture that Blends Sophistication and Comfort

Dynamic Fenestration
|
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.”
Read more

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

Dynamic Fenestration
|
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....
Read more

Palms Residence: House Inside a Garden

Dynamic Fenestration
|
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...
Read more
Modern rustic farmhouse at night

Aptos Retreat Residence: Modern Farmhouse with Rustic Aesthetic

Dynamic Fenestration
|
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.
Read more

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