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You can watch Strange and Familiar: Architecture on Fogo Island (2015) for free on Kanopy.

Architect Todd Saunders’s buildings on Fogo Island, Newfoundland embrace the excitement of being on the edge of nature and contemporary design while fulfilling the goal of doing ‘new things with old ways’. Saunders and commissioner, Zita Cobb, provide a personal account of the ideas and traditions that inspire this bold and socially ambitious architectural venture. Gorgeously photographed over the Island’s seven seasons, the film is a flowing, visual narrative that unfolds over time as the principal stage of the project, the Fogo Island Inn, approaches completion.

Strange and Familiar: Architecture on Fogo Island is a film that explores themes of architect, architecture, seaside. It also touches on landscape and woman director.

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