When is a vacation home not a vacation home? When it's on a 3,000-acre ranch in northern Mississippi. Two Memphis doctors had purchased the land some years ago with the plan to retire to the property at the end of their medical careers, swapping one kind of hard work for a very different kind. The couple turned to Todd Walker, FAIA, principal of Memphis-based archimania, to design their retirement home, but upon its completion, they liked it so much they moved in permanently and now commute to Memphis. Lighter schedules make the two-hour commute more reasonable.
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