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    Feb 16, 2020 3 minutes
    WORDS Chris Pearson
    PHOTOGRAPHY
    Chris Warnes
    STYLING
    Kate Nixon

    The pull of a tranquil rural retreat was hard to resist for the owner of this striking home in the NSW Hunter Valley. His Austrian father owned the neighbouring property, and in 2000, he built this farm – designed by architect Tom Rivard – so his children could enjoy the same carefree weekends he’d experienced as a boy.

    Designed to be low-maintenance, the Modernist concrete-clad home remained largely untouched until 2015, when, after years

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