Building Quote by Jaquelin T. Robertson

“A house isn't really understandable until it settles into the site: until it's built, furnished and lived in for four or five years. The reality is not on paper but in how a building sits on the land - how it relates to trees, to slopes, to water, to gardens.”

Jaquelin T. Robertson

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