Alexandra Buchanan talks to AR about the Hawthorn house, a weatherboard cottage that was once dark and tired, but is now filled with character, dappled in sunlight and serving the needs of the family residing within it.
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Alexandra Buchanan Architecture’s Hawthorn house
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