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New York-based Narofsky Architecture has built this house on a hurricane-damaged site in Long Island, with wooden cladding and furniture made from trees knocked down during the storm.

Designed for a tailor, the residence is located in Nassau County on the northern coast of Long Island, which was among the areas struck by Hurricane Irene in late 2011.

Narofsky Architecture founder Stuart Narofsky was asked to build the residence the following year, and included remnants of black locust and pin oak trees knocked down and damaged in the storm.

Black locust – a rot-resistant wood – was chosen for elements that needed to be waterproof, like the exterior panelling, flooring in the bathrooms and shower benches.

Darkened pin oak was laid on the floors elsewhere, while paler tones were selected for the staircase handrails and bookcases. Trees uncovered during the site excavation were also carved to form furniture.

“Wood from pin oaks from the site is used for flooring, rail caps, bookcases, and mantels,” said the studio. “Wood from buried trees was saved during excavation for a custom-designed dining table and other cabinetry.”

These timber features contrast the exposed concrete walls and frames that form the structure of the house – aptly named Greenfield Concrete Residence.

On the exterior, concrete horizontal bands surround “room-sized” volumes built as a stack into a slight slope. These volumes are arranged to wrap around a central garden and interspersed with terraces and balconies.

Some of the setbacks allow for skylights, while others are fitted with trellises for planting vines. Vegetable patches are placed on the roof areas to cater to the tailor’s gardening hobby.

Access to the residence is under a two-storey volume elevated on concrete stilts. Steps from this loggia lead to glass doors that open into the entrance and living room.

The ground floor is open-plan, leading through to the dining room and kitchen, where large windows face onto the back yard. A set of ramped steps from the dining room also lead to the central garden.

A double-height window in the lounge also provides views into this outdoor area. The main staircase is placed in front, its the balustrade is made of delicate metal strings so it does not block light.

On the first floor, a walkway bridges the children’s quarters – including two bedrooms, a study and a roof terrace – and the master suite. The larger bedroom has a wood-lined en-suite bathroom that opens onto an outdoor shower.

A study is placed above the master bedroom and accessed by a staircase, which is articulated on the exterior by a slanted roof adjoining the elevated volume at the front of the house.

Narofsky Architecture completed Greenfield Concrete Residence in 2012.

In the same year, Hurricane Sandy tore through 24 US states, causing even more destruction across Long Island. Rockaway Beach and surrounding neighbourhoods were hit particularly hard, after a fire caused by the storm burned down 150 homes.

Among the new houses built in the area was a residence recently completed by New York firm Barker Freeman Design Office on a plot that was reduced to sand.

After Sandy, restoration project Rebuilding the Rockaways was launched to reconstruct public facilities like the boardwalk along the beach. A community library designed by Snøhetta is also planned for the area.

Photography is by Phillip Ennis.

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Christmas is a popular time for the release of box sets and special editions of books, CDs, and TV and movie franchises. As a minimalist, I always thought them to be a waste of time and money, often considering them pure moneymakers for publishers. And I’m not the only one. The Canadian band Barenaked Ladies takes a good poke at the topic with the song Box Set.

But then I married a music collector and over time my attitude has changed. My husband grew up loving British pop music in a time when it was next to impossible for him to get CDs or vinyls delivered to him in Spain. Now, twenty years later musicians like Bananarama, George Michael, and the production trio Stock Aiken and Waterman are re-releasing special editions with extra material, detailed liner notes and remastered versions of the original songs. And he’s over the moon! Instead of grainy-sounding copies of the music of his youth, he has crisp, clean sounding versions with all the information the music addict in him could want, and more!

Before buying your loved ones a box set or special edition of something, there are some things you’ll want to consider:

Does the gift contain enough extras to be worth the cost? For example, the George Michael special edition has extra CDs and a DVD. But if your George Michael fan never plays DVD concerts at home, there’s no real point in getting it.

Is the series complete? At the end of every season, Game of Thrones releases another combined box set (take a look at seasons 1-6 versus seasons 1-7). Knowing, however, that the series just has one season left (although we are going to have to wait until 2019 to see it), buying the current box sets will just create clutter, especially for a die-hard fan who will want the complete series when it comes out.

Will the box set be used or will it just sit on a shelf looking pretty? Box set and special editions are excellent gifts for my husband because he will spend hours pouring over the liner notes, discussing the differences in production quality from the original to the new versions, and going into detail with me about how when and where the extra tracks were created and why they didn’t appear in the original. However, for all that I’m a mega-fan of Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern, buying me the 18-book set of the series would just mean having to find shelf space to display them. Someone with a large library, though, may be thrilled to get the 8-book Outlander series.

Finally, is the format on its way out? I know people who still hold onto VHS movie box sets, even though they no longer have a VHS player in the house. It’s the same with DVD. As BluRay and the new Ultra HD BluRay formats take over, buying a DVD box set of the Harry Potter franchise might be like giving someone a set of stone tablets instead of a book.

With all that in mind, here are some suggestions for box sets and special editions that might just be the perfect gift this holiday season.

Books:

• The Harry Potter series (in hardcover, paperback or decorative trunk)
• The Narnia Chronicles
• The Hunger Games

Or pretty much any series that you might want.

TV Series and Movies:

• House MD 
• Fringe
• True Blood 
• Star Trek: Next Generation
• The Lord of the Rings
• Twilight Forever

Or, again, any series or movie franchise you could imagine.

Music:

• Pink Floyd (Wish You Were Here)
• The Beatles
• One Direction (Made in the A.M.) 
• Donna Summer
• ABBA (on vinyl)

And check out box sets or special editions in Amazon for anything else that might tickle your fancy.

Feel welcome to explore our previous Gift Giving Guides for even more ideas: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.

Post written by Alex Fayle

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