{"id":602,"date":"2025-11-16T07:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guggenheimerarchitect.com\/staging\/7554\/?p=602"},"modified":"2026-04-16T23:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T23:13:28","slug":"historic-renovation-adaptive-resuse-frank-mermelstein-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guggenheimerarchitect.com\/staging\/7554\/historic-renovation-adaptive-resuse-frank-mermelstein-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabang Residence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/guggenheimerarchitect.com\/staging\/7554\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/05-Alabang-Residence-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guggenheimerarchitect.com\/staging\/7554\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/05-Alabang-Residence-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/guggenheimerarchitect.com\/staging\/7554\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/05-Alabang-Residence-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/guggenheimerarchitect.com\/staging\/7554\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/05-Alabang-Residence-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/guggenheimerarchitect.com\/staging\/7554\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/05-Alabang-Residence-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/guggenheimerarchitect.com\/staging\/7554\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/05-Alabang-Residence-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bahay ng Araw<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The home for a young couple was sited on a narrow lot in a suburban site in a tropical environment. 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