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Monumental vision

The couple who own this house in South Yarra, medical professionals whose children have left home, regularly soak in great architecture on their overseas travels. From Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in Pennsylvania to Victor Horta’s grand art nouveau homes in Brussels, numerous images were already embedded in their minds.

Closer to home, architect Allan Powell’s TarraWarra Museum of Art at Yarra Glen, a 45-minute drive from Melbourne, also registered in their psyche. “TarraWarra is breathtaking – the adrenalin rush is on the same level every time

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