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It would be easy to envision this
house, with all of its architectural
precision, to be something of a
museum rather than a home. Not so,
says Mansoor. “Making a house a
home is not so much intentional as it
is instinctive,” says Mansoor today. He
and his wife raised two children in the
house, now both grown. “It becomes
a home by the spirit you put into it
– family celebrations, sharing dinner
together, things like that,” he says.
“And of course your own furniture
and art help as well. Art is important
to making it personal.”
As for becoming part of the
larger community, the house’s location
on the corner of Drexmore Road
across from Plymouth Church makes
it highly visible to the numerous
pedestrians who often stroll by the
house slowly to take it all in. Yet,
Mansoor says, “we have a private
courtyard. Hisaka in fact designed the
courtyard for privacy.”
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