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"David Hovey\nFrom Simple Materials Comes a Dramatic House Outside Chicago\n\"As you approach the house, you see through to Lake Michigan\u2014it's transparent,\" architect David Hovey says of his residence outside Chicago. He designed a seamless relationship between the interior and exterior. Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's 2002 sculpture Floating Peel stands on a deck.\nWith his wife, Eileen\nMeasuring 32 feet long, Joan Mir\u00F3's 1956 lithograph Makemono \"visually connects the family area and kitchen with the dining and living spaces,\" Hovey explains, while \"the voids in the beams provide a Belgian-lace texture to the ceiling.\" Bronzes by Rodin\u2014a 1981 cast of Meditation sans Bras\u2014and Henry Moore\u2014his 1956 Seated Torso\u2014are joined by a 1984 Gerhard Richter oil, Abstrakes Bild.\nJoan Mir\u00F3's 1956 lithograph Makemono, with The Fawn, a 1944 Alexander Calder bronze.\n\"The stair's slope is very gradual, to create a luxurious walking experience,\" notes the architect, who designed it to encompass views of the lake to the east and woods to the west. The open risers give glimpses of two works: on the landing, Playskool Gym (First Version), 1982-84, by Frank Stella and, at rear, Verb Goddess, 1988-90, by John Chamberlain.\nIn the master bedroom, Hovey placed, from left, a Paul Wieghardt watercolor, a stabile and a lithograph by Calder, and a Wilhelm Lehmbruck bronze.\nFlexed aluminum sheets on the fa\u00E7ade \"provide a rich texture of shades and shadows,\" Hovey reports, and \"the anodized-aluminum opaque areas offer functional privacy for the building's interior.\"\nChaise longues from Richard Schultz.\nCantilevered decks allow direct access from the living areas to the pool terrace. The curved portion of one of the decks and \"the dynamic lines of the sculpture are a pleasing contrast to the rectilinear lines of the building,\" he points out."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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