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Designed by and for Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa of
the Santa Monica-based firm Pugh
+ Scarpa, the Solar Umbrella House takes its name from
Paul Rudolph's mid-20th-century Umbrella
House in Sarasota, Florida. Rudolph's design featured
a large wooden trellis over the house that also extended over
an outdoor terrace and swimming pool. Though the trellis beyond
the house has since been removed, the house itself - a simple
glass and steel box with a double-height living space - helps
justify its label as "one of the five most remarkable
houses of the 20th century" given by Architectural
Digest, while keeping the design from being a one-liner
that is completely dependent upon the umbrella.
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