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Dubbeldam Architecture + Design seeks to delight and surprise

here is a certain tendency when designing a house to think of it as a separate entity from its grounds: the dwelling is plopped into place; greenery comes next, if at all. Toronto architect Heather Dubbeldam has, since her youth, known this to be an unfavourable method. “Thinking back through all the houses we lived in, my dad always (simultaneously)

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