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Architecture as filter
Ottawa Magazine
|Spring - Summer 2023
Finding patterns in the portfolio of architect Rick Shean
While every structure has a job to do in terms of keeping out the elements, the houses designed by Rick Shean shine because they seem to slip into their surroundings, inevitably prioritizing the view outside over the details within.
"We see buildings as a filter for the light," says Shean. "We want to soften the relationship between the structure and the outdoors - the trees, water, and sunshine."
This story is from the Spring - Summer 2023 edition of Ottawa Magazine.
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