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Abode: Home Design

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Inside Craiglen, Architect Charles Barber’s Italian Villa in West Knoxville

In Abode: Home Design by Tracy JonesOctober 13, 2016leave a COMMENT

Charles Barber was used to lavish requests. By the mid-1920s, the founding partner of Barber and McMurry had designed several over-the-top residences for Knoxville’s industrial barons. Craiglen (1043 Craigland Court) …

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The Jenkins House in Sequoyah Hills Is Ben McMurry Jr.’s Masterpiece

In Abode: Home Design by Tracy JonesOctober 13, 2016leave a COMMENT

Every visionary architect should have a loyal patron. Frank Lloyd Wright had the Kaufmanns, who commissioned iconic Falling Water in southwest Pennsylvania, where the home stands preserved as a modern …

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The Tiny House Movement Finally Lays Down Some Foundations in Knoxville

In Abode: Home Design by Thomas FraserOctober 13, 2016leave a COMMENT

His house may be small—tiny, even—but David Bolt doesn’t like sitting around inside anyway. He’d rather be building a chicken coop or tending tomatoes or feeding the fish that provide …

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In South Knoxville, Alfred and Jane West Clauss’ Prewar Vision for Modern Living Is Being Restored

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On a ridge above Ye Olde Steak House, off Chapman Highway in South Knoxville, you can travel to the past and get a glimpse of what was once the future. …

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Knoxville Architect George Barber’s Final Home

In Abode: Home Design by Eleanor ScottMay 18, 2016leave a COMMENT

Check out our other stories in Abode, your guide to creative home design in Knoxville. The small two-story house at 1707 East Glenwood Ave. in Parkridge sits a little back …

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