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Character Builder

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Over the last 34 years, Melichar Architects has earned a reputation for designing the kind of homes and buildings that become neighborhood treasures and community landmarks. The firm’s portfolio is…
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Story Starts Here

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Any novelist may tell you that one of the most important ingredients to a good story is a sense of place. Sometimes authors take us to the grittiest corners imaginable,…
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The Country House

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The home that an architect or designer chooses to inhabit often becomes a living laboratory, a place where trends are tested and universal principles are employed in innovative new ways….
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Chateau Bagatelle

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Long-time Lake Forester Edward “Ted” Bennett III has only lingering memories of his famous grandfather, English architect Edward H. Bennett, but he knows the story well. Son of an English…
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

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June is prime time for gardens on the North Shore. The last frost should be well in the rearview mirror and soil temperatures are finally ready to consistently sponsor growth….
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Home Away from Home

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The Springs of Vernon Hills is a beautiful, brand new, warm, and inviting 70-bed community that specializes in memory and respite care for seniors. Located not far from Hawthorn Shopping…
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ship of Dreams

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When investment banker and boating enthusiast Charles Glore commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to build what would be the iconic architect’s only home in Lake Forest, he wanted the modern Usonian structure to evoke a…
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