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weekend retreat in sonoma county
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trees
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sense of shelter
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simple layout: no boundaries with landscape
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interior-exterior
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connection between 2 units
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the 2 units that conform the house
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bedroom unit and [kitchen/living room/guest room] unit
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bj siegel explains the concept
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immediate surroundings
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perspective
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sonoma county landscape
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the units cantilever down the hill
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summer colors
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complementaries of brown: corten steel ocher, yellows, greens
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the living unit perch into the landscape, while the bedroom seeks more privacy and less direct light
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balance between polygons and organic forms
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corten steel
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bj siegel and kirsten dirksen
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overseeing sonoma (1 hour north of san francisco)
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bj siegel talked to geoffrey warner, designer of the weehouse, to build a small retreat upon specifications, based on the original weehouse design
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balance between openness and privacy
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the siegels explain their relationship with the sonoma retreat
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see-through landscape
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bj and danielle siegel
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bedroom unit
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both windows have mosquito screens
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waking up atop the landscape
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flow between spaces and uses
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from the deck
