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COUNTRY PRESERVE

ARCHITECT GREG TRUEN’S HERITAGE FARMHOUSE IN THE KLEIN KAROO HAS BEEN RE-IMAGINED AS A COUNTRY RETREAT IN HARMONY WITH ITS PAST AND FUTURE.

With a reputation for designing trailblazing buildings across the globe, Greg Truen and his partner Nancy Kashimoto chose to use a different approach when taking on the renovation of a 200-year-old farmhouse. Instead of putting their own contemporary spin on the structure,

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