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the long view

his is a home that is immersed in its landscape. At one end of its long rectangular structure, a glazed box reaches out towards the river, suspended just above the ferns and lush ground foliage. Meanwhile, the rear of the building is literally rooted in the soil. A wall of hefty granite stones that was already part of the riverside landscape was adapted to make the back wall of the bedrooms. ‘A century ago, those rocks were transported by horse

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