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Starting A new

“We take time to understand the vernacular and scale of a place,” says architect Daniel Kahan. “There’s authenticity, but there’s also an understanding of how architectural history plays into it. We rethink that history without getting too stuck in it.”

SOMETIMES, THE DESIRE for change leads to other pleasant surprises we hadn’t anticipated. The homeowner of what was once a simple 1950s-era Palm Beach bungalow who suddenly found herself craving more can certainly attest to that.

“After a decade of living there, I noticed there were a couple of things it didn’t have that I wanted,” says the young retiree. “My closet was teeny, the kitchen was small,

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