Skylight, sky bright

This loft works despite having zero windows ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [View on the web]([Click to view images]( "Kings do not touch doors," wrote French poet Francis Ponge in "The Pleasures of the Door." "They do not know that happiness: to push before them with kindness or rudeness one of these great familiar panels, to turn around toward it to put it back into place—to hold it in one's arms." The homes this week feature a few notable doors, like the arched wooden one in an Austin "Mayan mod" with limestone walls. Assuming you don't have a footman to open it for you, you'll get to hold it in your arms yourself. For a fortress effect, see the Oakland loft with no windows but lots of skylights, including one with an escape ladder (do kings touch skylights?). —Emma [Click to view images]( [Mediterranean castle-inspired condo in Chicago seeks $925K]( Soaring carved ceilings, detailed tilework, and Lake Michigan views [Click to view images]( [Boxy midcentury modern asks $550K in Spokane]( Designed by the architect Warren C. Heylman [Click to view images]( [Small Austin charmer lists for $375K]( The vintage home is near Huston-Tillotson University [Click to view images]( [Upscale modern home and 1924 log cabin ask $1.8 million on Camano Island]( Modern meets classic on this Seattle-area property [Click to view images]( [Oakland, California, loft with no windows seeks $649K]( But it comes with skylights galore [Click to view images]( [Ultra-chic New Orleans center hall wants $1.3M]( Over-the-top NOLA opulence at its finest [Click to view images]( [Airy New York City townhouse with literary past wants $17.95M]( John Lennon and Norman Mailer once partied at this West Houston Street house [Click to view images]( [This San Francisco home makes a case for ’90s architecture appreciation]( All that and a bag of chips [Click to view images]( [Pick up an art-filled ‘Mayan mod’ for $3.3M]( The Austin manse is on more than six acres Facebook Twitter Instagram Curbed This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Manage your[email preferences](, or[unsubscribe](to stop receiving emails from Vox Media. Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2019. All rights reserved.