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| 7.24.2020
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rchitect Richard Neutra said: "Space is the
stage on which design performs." In that case,
consider this new Liberty Village contempo-
rary home the debut of a highly successful
performance, marked by an efficient floor plan
that caters to how one lives circa 2020. "The
whole design concept was about indoor-out-
door," says David Studds, who was responsible
for designing and building the four-bedroom
property on a neighborly stretch of Wendy Way in East Manhat-
tan Beach. "That and open, airy spaces."
Studds' meticulous reshaping of the home and yard has
yielded a sunlit, user-friendly dwelling that lives much grander
than its approximately 2,400 square feet. This is due to the
way that interior and exterior spaces are fashioned to feel
as one—plus the bounty of hyper-crafted details that rest
on Studds' 25 years of experience as both a designer and a
builder. "All the detail, all the little intricacies of his skill and
craftsmanship, are on display in this house," says real estate
agent Sharon Umansky Benton. With a University of Colorado
degree in environmental design boosted by an architecture
emphasis, Studds cites early work experiences—including
fixing odds and ends at Neutra's Kaufmann House, where he
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