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Stones excavated during the foundation dig were redistributed to level out the yard while simultaneously creating a drainage curtain around the leach field.

What’s Mattias’ favorite feature? The custom pull-up bar, of course. “I guess it’s the little personal details that make each pod’s design reflect the character of their owners,” says Home.

Candour is a prefab building system and a tool to customize building components within that system—including walls, floors, facades, and roofs—with a proprietary CAD plug-in. Users of the software can draft a design, determine if it’s feasible, and price it all in one day. Designs are built at Candour’s manufacturing facility in Sunshine, Melbourne.

Floor Plan of Mill House and Maker’s Workshop by Cooke Fawcett Architects

The trees here “hug the building,” says Fritz. A Sycamore sits next to the house, providing shade for the patio in the summertime.

Partially hidden from the main driveway, the cottage is accessed by a meandering stone path—you can't drive a car up to it. "It's not conventionally convenient,

Designed by the original owner, the cabin was imagined as a retreat for her and her siblings' young families.

Repositioning the original staircase transforms the new apartment, created the experience of a continuous second floor while adding a hidden study beneath the stairs, which lead to the downstairs bedroom.

“Many of the houses in the development aren’t too different from the city or suburbs,” says Kilpatrick. “One of our goals was for this project to have a rural feel.”

Verona chairs from Structube surround a vintage dining table. - North Hatley, Quebec Dwell Magazine : July / August 2017