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Soft Touch

• Architecture is often viewed as a means of detaching from our environment. Recently, however, architects have begun to challenge this thinking in favour of a built environment that not only brings us closer to the outdoors, but actively blurs the line between architecture and the landscape. For owners Marlo, Michael, daughter Mia (and labrador Toby), the notion of a family home with a deep connection to the outdoors was central to their brief. Under the guidance of architect Shaun Lockyer, the family of three discovered

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