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              Main living area, with large windows
              affording views to the rear yard.























































             Planes of Existence
            Planes of Existence





              KUBE Architecture Renovates a House

              to Take in the View                               by Ronald O’Rourke



        “This lot has a nice view out back. Let’s ignore it!”
                                                                 Project: Smoky Quartz,
                                                                 Potomac, MD
        Well, the situation wasn’t that bad. Not quite. But the 4,000-square-
        foot, four-bedroom house, located on a cul-de-sac at the end of  Architects: KUBE Architecture
        Smoky Quartz Lane in Potomac, Maryland, took little advantage  Custom Steel Fabricators: Elemental Metalworks
        of the view of rolling, forested land offered by its site, which  Millwork and Kitchen Designers: Mersoa Woodwork & Design
                                                                 Structural Engineers: JZ Structural Consulting
        overlooks a part of Watts Branch Stream Valley Park.
                                                                 Contractor: thinkmakebuild
                KUBE Architecture’s design for renovating the house fixed
        that problem—and then some.

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