1.0Spacing Nationalhttps://spacing.ca/nationalSean Ruthenhttps://spacing.ca/national/author/seanruthen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2XGOZxHWxf"><a href="https://spacing.ca/national/2016/08/09/book-review-downs-house-ii/">Book Review: Downs House II</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/national/2016/08/09/book-review-downs-house-ii/embed/#?secret=2XGOZxHWxf" width="600" height="338" title="“Book Review: Downs House II” — Spacing National" data-secret="2XGOZxHWxf" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://spacing.ca/national/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/DownsHouseII_600.jpg600577Edited by Christopher Macdonald, ORO Editions (2016)  “Against the varied and positive nature of the houses depicted in this series, it is important to note the essentially fragile nature of their architectural legacy. In some instances, the care required to maintain a wood frame house in a rainforest climate might be less vigilant than isContinue reading