In her lower Manhattan office, Toshiko Mori is contemplating a house in Taghkanic, New York, that she designed in 2003 (pp. 16-27). The building sits deep in the woods between two promontories. On the uphill side, a "bar" containing bedrooms presses again exposed rock. On the downhill side, a second bar, containing the double-height living and dining rooms, is lifted up on piers, allowing the surface of the rock to flow beneath it, undisturbed. A deck beside the lower volume cantilevers over the cliff, offering treetop views across the Hudson River Valley.
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