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Why White Home Exteriors

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

It has been a big year for white in home design. It started with Benjamin Moore selecting white as it’s 2016 Color of the Year. Following suit, light and monochromatic Scandinavian design trends continued to dominate home blogs, and Freshome was no exception. We’ve already covered black home exteriors , so we’re flip the switch and see what a home can look like dressed in sheet of white.

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The Best Halloween Candy

Life of an Architect

Halloween Candy is serious business – just ask anybody under the age of 12 … or me. It would be weird if you knew that I don’t like cakes, pies, cookies, and that sort of sweet, but candy is a different matter. I still don’t like most of it but there are some types that are worth eating so for the last 6 years – ever since I started writing Life of an Architect, I planned on putting together a blog post that would help those out there that are oblivious to the lure

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Historic Montreal Bank Gets High Tech Transformation

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

In Montreal, Canada, an ornate former bank has been given a new lease on life as the headquarters for a tech start-up and cafe. Designed by Henri Cleinge , the marble floor, custom brass details, and painted ceiling were all restored to life with painstaking detail as the new headquarters for Crew Collective. Besides the tech startup, individuals are able to rent space in the cafe by the week or the month for short term projects.

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