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This articulated awning is part of an Ann Arbor project designed by architect Michael Klement and constructed by remodeler Doug Selby that became Michigan's second U.S. Green Building Council LEED Platinum level whole-house remodel. The design was developed in response to the aesthetics of the home's striking curvilinear roof form. The awning allows the homeowner, an artist, to move her work onto the patio.

The Fun in Functional

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The Fun in Functional

  • This articulated awning is part of an Ann Arbor project designed by architect Michael Klement and constructed by remodeler Doug Selby that became Michigan's second U.S. Green Building Council LEED Platinum level whole-house remodel. The design was developed in response to the aesthetics of the home's striking curvilinear roof form. The awning allows the homeowner, an artist, to move her work onto the patio.

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    This articulated awning is part of an Ann Arbor project designed by architect Michael Klement and constructed by remodeler Doug Selby that became Michigan's second U.S. Green Building Council LEED Platinum level whole-house remodel. The design was developed in response to the aesthetics of the home's striking curvilinear roof form. The awning allows the homeowner, an artist, to move her work onto the patio.

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    Jim Haefner Photography

    This articulated awning is part of an Ann Arbor project designed by architect Michael Klement and constructed by remodeler Doug Selby that became Michigan's second U.S. Green Building Council LEED Platinum level whole-house remodel. The design was developed in response to the aesthetics of the home's striking curvilinear roof form. The awning allows the homeowner, an artist, to move her work onto the patio.

  • Form meets function in this awning a moveable piece of art that is one of the first things guests see when they come up the homes gravel driveway. The design involved a telescoping nesting array of curved metal roof segments supported on metal frames and attached to articulating structural posts.

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    Form meets function in this awning a moveable piece of art that is one of the first things guests see when they come up the homes gravel driveway. The design involved a telescoping nesting array of curved metal roof segments supported on metal frames and attached to articulating structural posts.

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    Jim Haefner Photography

    Form meets function in this awning a moveable piece of art that is one of the first things guests see when they come up the homes gravel driveway. The design involved a telescoping nesting array of curved metal roof segments supported on metal frames and attached to articulating structural posts.

  • This detail of the awning's mechanicals shows the articulating structural posts fabricated from recycled telephone poles.

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    This detail of the awning's mechanicals shows the articulating structural posts fabricated from recycled telephone poles.

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    Jim Haefner Photography

    This detail of the awning's mechanicals shows the articulating structural posts fabricated from recycled telephone poles.

Location: Ann Arbor, Mich.

Contractor: Doug Selby, Meadowlark Builders, Ann Arbor

Designer: Michael Klement, Ann Arbor

The homeowner, a found-object artist and metalworker, wanted to work outside as well as inside the converted car garage she uses as a studio. Architect Michael Klement’s solution allows her to move her work onto the adjacent patio and provides her with weather and sun protection.

The articulated awning — part of a whole-house remodel recognized in the green remodeling category (see “New Model Remodel”) — is not only functional, but is “moveable art,” Klement says. One of the first things guests see when they come up the gravel drive, the awning “sets a tone suggesting ‘something pretty unique is going on here.’” The judges agreed.

Klement’s design echoes the house’s main curvilinear roof. The awning is made of a telescoping nesting array of curved metal roof segments supported on metal frames and attached to articulating structural posts fabricated from recycled telephone poles. The entire assembly is easily raised and lowered using a manual hand crank

. —Stacey Freed, senior editor, REMODELING.