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From Architectural Lighting: Simple Illumination Brings the Outdoors into a Museum's Event Space Addition
Dedicated to preserving the rustic heritage of its home of Bucks County in eastern Pennsylvania, lighting designer Sean O'Connor opted for a simple but adaptive lighting solution that incorporated a key element of the historic site’s former use as a prison—it's perimeter stone wall.
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Connors House, Westwood, Mass.
Our Custom Home of the Year gave architect James Estes an opportunity to engage in placemaking on an unusually extensive scale. Sitting astride a prominent ridge, the house deploys long, low wings, granite landscape walls, and stone-edged terraces to domesticate broad swaths of outdoor space. The result reflects the program for this year-round home, Estes says.
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a simply luxurious retreat
nestled among the custom multistory vacation homes of a small beach community on the New Jersey shore sits a subtle one-story retreat. As the third home of a busy professional who splits his time between Toronto and Philadelphia, an uncomplicated and low-maintenance space where he could also entertain was a must. Enter Philadelphia's Marguerite Rodgers, an interior design firm, and Sean O'Connor Associates Lighting Consultants, who joined forces to create just that.
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