P erhaps it’s unusual to look at an example of modern architecture and think of it as a “confection,” a term more commonly used for Queen Anne Victorians. But that’s what residences designed by architect Robert M. Gurney so often are: elegant assemblages of materials — concrete, steel, glass, exotic wood — that play nicely together.  In the case of the townhouse Gurney designed for Max and Katharine Brown, it’s a confection that also serves as a soccer field for the Browns’ two lively young boys and as a downtown coffee shop. And, this townhouse didn’t start out as a townhouse. Read full article > >

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