Lee's designs resembled the modern homes of Joseph Eichler, with post-and-beam construction, concrete slab foundations, radiant floor heating, and an " open " plan.
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While each example is unique, the homes possess common features : cantilevered roofs, large expanses of glass that invite the outdoors in, carports instead of garages, interiors with wall-size fireplaces and free-flowing rooms ( a concept Wright called " breaking the box " ) and radiant floor heating.
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He also experimented with building technologies applied to the desert climate including adobe masonry, radiant floor heating ( as used in the Anshei Israel Synagogue ), and in the case of the un-built Beacon Tourist Court, a massive cool tower in the form of a cylindrical Streamline beacon complete with steel fins to accentuate its stylistic vocabulary of height and curvilinearity.
