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Anders Lasater Architects
Anders Lasater Architects
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Corwin Residence

Modern Patio, Orange County

Awarded the 2009 Gold Nugget Award "Best of the West" for Outstanding Renovated or Restored Single House Corwin Residence Living Room Awarded as the "Most Beautiful Room in the Valley" 2009. Elevated above the desert floor to capture breathtaking views of the San Jacinto Mountains and the Coachella Valley below, this 7,000 square foot, award winning home was extensively remodeled, and transformed from an awkward Tuscan style into a crisply modern and sustainable desert oasis. Shaded by new canopies and deep overhangs, new frameless glass doors fold back to erase the boundaries between indoors and out. Lustrous recycled glass terrazzo floors extend out to the patios, further dissolving the separation of inside and out. Beyond the glass walls a landscape of cactus and native succulents provide a modern, sustainable, water wise garden in the desert environment.