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At night the house glows like a lantern. Floating on its hilltop site, it incorporates active and passive solar design, incorporating photovoltaic panels and deep roof overhangs with the ventilating clerestory windows.More home tours: Apartments | Small Homes | Colorful Homes | Contemporary Homes | Eclectic Homes | Farmhouses | Midcentury Homes | Modern Homes | Ranch Homes | Traditional Homes | Transitional Homes | All

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The master bathroom’s curbless walk-in shower includes a door that leads to an outdoor shower. Mahogany was used for the cabinets, which have black honed granite countertops.

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To incorporate as many ocean-facing windows as possible, DiRocco and his team added columns to support the angled roofline, which peaks to about 18 feet. Two rows of clerestory windows on the ocean side add to the view and light.On the other side of the main living area, a built-in storage unit beneath clerestory windows hides media equipment. The light fixture above the dining table is from Louis Poulsen.rugs

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The height of the Douglas fir ceiling from the entry to the wall of windows bumps up about 4 feet in height, “so you enter in a compressed space and it opens up into an expansive living room,” DiRocco explains. The mahogany-framed windows are from Dynamic.The double-sided gas fireplace in the living area is white plaster, with a New York limestone base. A blackened metal insert separates the two materials. The fireplace features an open flame with no glass or other type of barrier.

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