Modern Space--San Diego, California

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Designer James Patrick Walters tamed the 20-foot-high living room of this San Diego home with features that encourage visual exploration: artwork, accent lighting and three custom-made light boxes. Its “floating sails” chandelier is dramatically suspended beneath a backlit, floating ceiling of macassar ebony.

(Credit: James Patrick Walters)

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Venetian Heights... This ceiling, in the entry hall of a home near Long Island, N.Y., is covered with the reproduction of a work by Venetian painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. The design was hand-painted on canvas by artists from Atelier Meriguet in France before installation on location. The designer is Brian J. McCarthy of New York.

(Credit: Fritz Von Derschulenburg/ Brian J. McCarthy, Inc.)

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Sliding House--S... The sliding house in Suffolk, England, is made up of three structures: a home, glazed from floor to roof; an office studio; and a garage. The best part? A 20-ton shell of steel, wool and insulation set on a track and operated by four car batteries (charged by solar roof panels). The structure slides across the site to cover the home or other structures.

(Credit: dRMM Architects)

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Plaster Piece--T... Ernest de la Torre created the interior design for this home in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. Its dining room ceiling is in the Jacobean style; according to de la Torre, the home’s architect favored historical references to English manor houses. The ceiling, he added, “is a plaster person’s masterpiece.”

(Credit: Ernest de la Torre)

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Modern Space--Sa... Designer James Patrick Walters tamed the 20-foot-high living room of this San Diego home with features that encourage visual exploration: artwork, accent lighting and three custom-made light boxes. Its “floating sails” chandelier is dramatically suspended beneath a backlit, floating ceiling of macassar ebony.

(Credit: James Patrick Walters)

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