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Article: DESIGNING ON THE CURVE
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- February 11, 1999
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A simple, unifying theme, repeated throughout a design and varied
to suit the particular spaces, can make the difference between a boxy
addition and one that gracefully fits into its surroundings.
Washington architect Reena Racki created a rhythm of lines and
curves that connected a modernist addition to its traditional house
and also made a tiny back yard seem bigger.
A trellised deck off a new family room sweeps outward over the
back yard and curves in a semicircle back to the house, where it
meets a newly expanded kitchen and passage to the family room. A
switchback staircase leading down to the yard makes another
semicircle at the halfway landing.
Under the deck, Racki designed a concave ...
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