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Our client approached us for the renovation and extension of a wood-frame, freestanding home in Windsor Terrace, with specific environmental and spatial requirements. The home needed to be solar-powered, feature an accessible roof, and ensure high air quality for her asthmatic son. The second floor houses a master suite,
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Five blocks surround a central sunken courtyard The main studio has a double-height structure topped with a north light roof. A mezzanine overlooks the main workspace Each block on the campus has a pitched roof covered with corrugated steel sheets supported by a predominantly steel structure.
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Named after the client and builder Bill Clifton, the red-brick family home replaces a former bungalow near a busystreetcorner in North Bondi. On the upper floor, the bedrooms and bathrooms open at full height with sliding doors to conservatory-style roof gardens covered by sloping fibreglass sheeting.
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London studio SPPARC has overhauled a Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse in Fitzrovia to create a homely four-story office featuring a honeycomb-shaped roof. It is illuminated by an array of skylights set in a hexagonal roof structure resembling honeycomb. On one side, it forms a lightwell for the basement.
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