Escher House
The Design Emotive
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Documentary, Special Interest, 01-Jan-2021
A 1930s cottage in Melbourne's eastern suburb of Canterbury had good bones but was dark and cold. The owners wanted something that was open, full of light, and connected to their rear garden. Inbetween Architecture designed the new house extension to do just that, utilising a split-level design that allowed them to work with the sloping land.
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