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ENCHANTED TREE HOUSE

THERE ARE FEW STRAIGHT LINES. IT’S ALL CURVES AND SPIRALS AND ARCHES. AN ETERNALLY EMERGING SUPERHUMAN HABITAT. IT’S GAUDÍ MEETS GORMENGHAST.
THE AESTHETIC REFLECTS THIS ORGANIC UNFOLDING.
THE HOUSE WAS ONCE A MODEST PREFAB CABIN.
“THE ENVIRONEMENT AND LIE OF THE LAND CREATED THIS HOUSE AS MUCH AS I DID.”

KEITH ROSE is fixing his thatch. And while

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