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Design entrepreneur Kristina O’Neal and her husband, real estate developer Adam Gordon, craft an airy Sonoma County escape that sits easy on the land

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at a distance the house appears almost like a mirage: a pristine structure sitting atop rolling hills covered in wild grass, reminiscent of agricultural barns but a bit too geometrically precise. Closer inspection reveals two enormous glass-and-steel hydraulic windows that lift to open the light-filled interior to its surrounding dramatic landscape. As if this scene weren’t magical enough, two picture-perfect miniature donkeys round the corner to greet you, looking for treats. “They are Sugi and Jinx, our great loves,” Kristina O’Neal says with a laugh, referring to the full-time residents of this Sonoma County house. O’Neal, a founding partner of award-winning design firm AvroKO, known for ground-breaking hospitality projects around the world, and her husband, Adam Gordon, a developer of innovative real estate projects, are longtime Manhattanites who, a decade ago,…

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Architectural Digest (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2022

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