We’re all familiar with the bay or angled windows that fit into a curved wall. But what if the outside view is so spectacular that too much casing around bay windows obstructs the view just enough to ...
Two years ago, I noticed the Heurich House has curved pane windows on the round corners of the house. Since then, I’ve noticed a lot of houses in Northwest D.C. that also have curved pane windows.
How do you bend glass, anyway? A. “Everyone does it the same way—with heat,” says John Curran, owner of Curran Glass Studio (6507 Ogden Ave., Berwyn, 708-795-8620; www.curranglass.com). Heat softens ...
At 5,000-plus square feet and chock full of intact detail, the circa-1910 Neo-Federal brick row house was grand to begin with. Its main drawback? The kitchen’s placement in a rear extension, closed ...
Most newer homes have an open living area, with space for a living room and dining room that flow into each other and sometimes are even open to the kitchen. But a lot of older houses were built with ...
Curved bow windows animate the facades of VI Castle Lane, a housing block in London designed by architecture studios DROO and NAME. The steel-framed masonry block is a high-end residential development ...