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Lightning strikes the antenna on the top of the Empire State Building in New York City during a summer thunderstorm

Dark clouds hover over the Empire State Building and Manhattan

Pedestrians' umbrellas buckle under high winds as a massive storm looms above Times Square

A house in Elmira, New York, is damaged by a falling tree after the town was hit by severe thunderstorms

Jessica Stansfield poses for a photo below an enormous uprooted tree in Elmira, New York, after the town was hit by a tornado. Severe thunderstorms unleashed heavy rain and strong winds across parts of the Midwest and Northeast, grounding hundreds of flights and leaving tens of thousands of people without power. The storms spawned a tornado that touched down in Elmira.

A storm cloud begins to dump rain as it passes over the Brooklyn borough of New York

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Clouds gather over apartment buildings ahead of a thunderstorm on the east side of Manhattan in New York

Fallen trees and downed power lines lie on a street in Elmira

Dark storm clouds loom over Brooklyn

A pedestrian smiles as she runs through a torrential downpour in Times Square, in New York

Gary Dunning surveys the damage to his business in Elmira

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Garay Residence by Swatt | Miers Architects

Swatt | Miers Architects designed a remodel and extension for this house in Tiburon, California.

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Description from the architects

The owners had lived in Tiburon, California for many years, dreaming of one day transforming their low, one story home into a setting befitting their spectacular site perched above San Francisco Bay. Their dreams began to be realized in 2005 with the design of a 2000 square foot addition, coupled with a complete renovation of the existing 3,200 square foot house.

The site is a half-acre south-facing hillside parcel, with unobstructed views of San Francisco Bay to the south, east and west. Responding to the physical conditions of the site, the new house is almost entirely opaque on the north side where a new entrance motor court is defined by a rhythm of five 'free-standing' stone-clad walls. Slivers of glass separate the stone panels, creating a strong rhythm while giving little hint of the extraordinary spaces and views on the other side.

The progression of space begins with a low, compressed entry, leading to a circulation spine. Bathed in light from clerestory windows and skylights, the spine overlooks a new living, dining and kitchen 'pavilion', and new south-facing terraces, with world-class views of San Francisco Bay beyond. Frameless glazing, pocketing glass doors, and dramatic cantilevered roof extentions seamlessly connect interior space to exterior space, blurring the boundary between the two.

 

Architecture: Swatt | Miers Architects Photography: Russell Abraham