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Crawford Residence

in Architecture by Thom Mayne - Morphosis

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Carlos Lanuza, 28 April 2009

The Crawford Residence was situated outside of an urban context, on the slope of an irregular hillside near Santa Barbara. The site has a relationship to both mountains and ocean. Our modus operandi...

Blades Residence

in Architecture by Thom Mayne - Morphosis

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Carlos Lanuza, 28 April 2009

The Blades Residence in Santa Barbara was an occasion to activate land surface and respond to a natural site on a scale that makes it distinct from houses we had constructed in the past, which tended...

Montecito Residence

in Architecture by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
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archdaily, 29 May 2009

Montecito Residence is a single-family home set in the fire-prone Toro Canyon. The owners wanted a house that minimized its use of scarce natural resources and recognized the challenging...