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"Malibu Modernism\nComplex Rhythms Animate a Sleek Oceanfront House\nA house in Malibu, California, designed by Gwathmey Siegel, melds streamlined modernist forms with rich detailing. \"There's also a counterpoint between sculptural elements, like the stairway, and the rectilinear frame of the house,\" says Charles Gwathmey. The 1995 untitled bronze is by Joel Shapiro.\n\"A rosewood ramp and stairs connect the ground floor to the main living level, revealing different spaces and views,\" says Gwathmey. The untitled painting, from 1982, is by Keith Haring. A glass-block wall allows natural light into the children's bedroom gallery.\nThe living/dining room's inverted-barrel-vaulted ceiling mimics a canopy, making the area more intimate. The armor is 16th-century Japanese.\nThe oceanfront fa\u00E7ade has a series of horizontal sunscreens in zinc. The dining deck is off the kitchen.\n\"The screening/billiard room looks as if it were carved out of wood,\" says Gwathmey, who collaborated with associate architects Dirk Kramer and Lilla Smith and director of interior design Eva Frank.\nThe master suite has a sleeping loft and a sitting room below. On the wall is Lady Killer, 1986, by Jerry Kearns; to the left of the bed is a group of African stick figures. Gwathmey Siegel designed the bed surround, the built-in furniture and the sofa.\nThe master suite's sitting room was conceived as \"separate yet integrated,\" says Gwathmey. Glass-block clerestory windows run the length of the fa\u00E7ade and modulate the strong sunlight. On the wall are photographs by Joel Sternfeld. The rug is by Elizabeth Eakins.\nThe oceanfront fa\u00E7ade is \"the final layer, primarily transparent,\" notes Gwathmey. \"As opposed to the entrance fa\u00E7ade, here you can see how everything is organized inside.\" The pool, he adds, \"looks like an extension of the interior, but at the same time it appears to float on the grass.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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