Lawrence MacIsaac recalls stories of his great grandfather using the property to teach his sons how to snare rabbits, while his great grandmother commonly used the ?laundry stone? at the bottom of a small waterfall to wash clothing. With the extremely steep sides of the gorge it was difficult to do anything with the land, including the harvesting of trees, so it was left to grow wild.

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Architects: Omar Gandhi Architect, Design Base 8

Location: Inverness, NS, Canada

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Doublespace

Architecture Team: Omar Gandhi Architect Inc. in collaboration with Design Base 8; Omar Gandhi (Principal), Peter Braithwaite (Intern Architect), Peter Kolodziej (Intern Architect), Maxwell Schnutgen (Intern Architect), Elizabeth Powell (Intern Architect), Jeff Shaw (Intern Architect)
Design Team: Design Base 8 in collaboration with Omar Gandhi Architect Inc.; Garrett Helm, Jon Siani, Jon Wilson

Client: Kevin and Stephanie Briody

Consulting Team: Design Base 8, Omar Gandhi Architect Inc, Andrea Doncaster Engineering, Joseph ?MacGee? MacFarlane

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From the architect. Lawrence MacIsaac recalls stories of his great grandfather using the property to teach his sons how to snare rabbits, while his great grandmother commonly used the ?laundry...