ate us’ is a play on the famous
Winston Churchill quote, ‘We
shape our dwellings, and af-
terwards our dwellings shape
us.’
“What he means by that is,
we’re going to be influenced
and impacted by where we
live. If you have no windows
and they paint the walls black
you’re going to have a hard
time feeling good. If you
don’t have enough protec-
tion you aren’t going to feel
good either. Somewhere be-
tween these two extremes is
the place where we feel most
comfortable. I pay attention to
how things feel and therefore
how they affect us… I hope
that every house I design has
a positive influence on the
people that live in it. Hope-
fully that value that I put into
it—that makes it something
that affects you in a positive
way—will always affect the
people that live there.” His
creative designs have won
countless awards, including
the gold SAM Award in 2012
and 2008 for Best New Single-
Detached Home over 4,000
Square Feet in Canada. How
was this possible? Was there a
secret formula behind his suc-
cess?
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