7 Awesome Skylights
Few design features can change the dynamics of a room as much as a well-placed skylight. Here are a few of our favorites.
By raising a portion of the ceiling, the New Haven architects who renovated this Connecticut home were able to create a lofted bedroom with plenty of headroom and a shimmering ribbon of daylight. Photo by Mark Mahaney
The remodeled kitchen in this London apartment features an overhead skylight that connects with a side window.
The skylight in the upstairs loft of a country home in the Austrian hillside provides sunlight during the day and a view of the stars at night. Photo by Adolf Bereuter
Protruding at different angles, the skylights in this midcentury home in San Juan send morning and afternoon light into the spacious living room and across the surface of an adjoining lap pool. “It’s like living with a light show,” says owner Carlos Delphin. Photo by Raimund Koch
After a full year of negotiating with their building’s co-op board, the owners of this top-floor Tribeca loft finally got the dramatic skylight they wanted. Photo by João Canziani
The master bedroom of this Amsterdam apartment features a unique skylight that spills soft light around the edges of the room rather than coming from the middle of the ceiling. Photo by Hertha Hurnaus
Chele Isaac and John Neis can take in panoramic views of the surrounding prairie from the glass observatory that crowns their rural Wisconsin abode. Photo by Christopher Testani
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