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| ARCHITECTURE  |  | Residential buildings Detached, semi-detached houses and villas |  |   
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                                    | Domus 821, dicembre/december 1999 [Prima del 2000/Before 2000], News IV |  
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                                    | Thom Mayne, "Villa Blades. Santa Barbara, California/Blades House. Santa Barbara, California", Casabella 660, ottobre/october 1998, "Architettura e progetti" pp. 50-57 |  |  
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                                    | Richard and Vickie Blades |  |   
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                                    | Stephanie Reich, Patrick J. Tighe, Eui-Sung Yi |  |  
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