#This funky Fort Erie home is an architectural gem

#This funky Fort Erie home is an architectural gem

Architect Paul Kariouk found a way to engineer a lake view, even though the house isn’t on the shoreline (Photography courtesy of Dave Edward) From the outside, the Bower House could pass for a submarine with a periscope peering outward as interpreted by Pablo Picasso. From another angle, it resembles an inquisitive robot. Whatever it…

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#This .1-million retrofuturistic dome home is an inhabitable EPCOT

#This $2.1-million retrofuturistic dome home is an inhabitable EPCOT

The owners spent 25 years renovating the space to accentuate the home’s spherical shape (Photography courtesy of Conrad Rowsell and Dianne Weir-Rowsell) The legendary American renaissance man R. Buckminster Fuller was responsible for a few futuristic architectural ideas, one of which was the geodesic dome, an ultra-strong spherical structure composed of small interlocking triangles. Most…

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#The battle for the soul of Muskoka

#The battle for the soul of Muskoka

“The battle for the soul of Muskoka” It was the type of warm spring day that had brought Roger Oatley to Muskoka for more than two decades: towering green trees, fresh air, and boats with familiar faces welcoming everyone back to Canada’s most coveted cottage country.En route to his summer home in May of 2021,…

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