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Estate of the art

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Architect Bernard Wharton is noted for designing houses that incorporate old and new elements. His design for a 5,200-square-foot shingle-style house built on the foundation of an old boathouse is described.

Author: Iovine, Julie V.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1993
Housing, Biography, Architects, Dwellings, Wharton, Bernard

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A dip into antiquity

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Architect Michael Farewell designed a dramatic swimming pool of rough-hewn granite for a house on Fishers Island. The design was inspired by mythological metaphors, and it has an odd and mysterious power.

Author: Iovine, Julie V.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1993
Swimming pools, Farewell, Michael

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Outer space

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Designer Setsuo Ito's country home in the Hamptons is a modernistic structure designed to appear to float along the hills of a nature preserve. The multilevel complex is oriented for outdoor living.

Author: Iovine, Julie V.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1993
Innovations, Architecture, Domestic, Home design

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