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Architecture as filter

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Spring - Summer 2023

Finding patterns in the portfolio of architect Rick Shean

- DAYANTI KARUNARATNE

Architecture as filter

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."

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As demand for artisanal bread and craft beer continues to grow, Hattie Klotz meets the people building Ontario's small-scale grain sector from the ground up

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