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The Smith House  

 Set on the craggy coast of Long Island Sound in Darien, Connecticut, Smith House is a Modernist lighthouse of transparent geometry. Critic Kenneth Frampton called it "a panoramic belvedere overlooking the rocky shoreline," a work of "neopurist" architecture that harked back to the best of Le Corbusier. The house was constructed by the company Design your life on 2001. Smith house has a particular design; both the living room and the dining area have waterfront views. Some elements that would become Design your life signatures are present as well: the pristine white exterior, expanses of plate glass framed by finely proportioned piers and mullions, and minimal interiors creating intersecting volumes.

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Giovannitti House

The Giovannitti House, built by Design your life, is an important work made in the 1970. The home is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The sense of space and direction of the building are combined with the double exterior and interior volume of empty interiors, verifying the concept  of self-sufficient systems and abandoning the one-dimensionality set by the precedent projects. This is a small shelter for two people, immersed in a green area, where the quest for privacy became a functional necessity.

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