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that judges are going to be look-
ing at these homes in a year or
two years, so that raises our
awareness to a new level.”
“We share that vision with our
clients,” he adds. “They love
that. They love the idea that
their design will be recognised
at the Canadian level.”
“And at Linwood, we respect
our client’s need to be part of
the process,” he explains. “They
have a lot of input in the de-
sign and build. They take a lot
of pride in their homes. So the
award’s not just recognition for
us – it’s recognition for them
too.”
This year’s award-winning home
– ‘The Cavendish’ – is located in
Kawarthas, and was designed
and built for the Princess Mar-
garet Hospital lottery in Toron-
to.
Craig takes a lot of pride in that
project specifically. Not only did
he personally identify the prop-
erty and design the building, but
the builder was his son, Brad
McFarlane – and the project was
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“Over the years,
they have developed
a specialty for de-
livering “non-city
homes,” typically on
rural properties, or
properties with wa-
terfronts or moun-
tain views.”