Summer 2005
by Andrew P. DiGiammo
Designing with Polygons
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Design: Designing with Polygons Towers and bump-outs provide strength as well as interest to a coastal home Andrew P. DiGiammo When I'm driving through neighborhoods in coastal Rhode Island and Massachusetts, where I design and build custom homes, I keep an eye out for interesting design elements on both new and old houses. In the past eight years, I've noticed a resurgence of polygon bump-outs, round towers, and multifaceted bays. I've been using polygons in my own work since I started designing and building homes. For beginners, polygons can seem tricky to work with, but they are not difficult if
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