Duplex & the City, Sydney Apartments, Australia Residential Property, NSW Homes, Images
Duplex & the City in Sydney
Residential Development in NSW, Australia ? design by Luigi Rosselli Pty Ltd – Architects
20 Dec 2016
Duplex & the City
Design: Luigi Rosselli Pty Ltd – Architects
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Duplex & the City – Urban Living: a Dwelling with Two Apartments in Sydney

image © Justin Alexander
Equivalent to the brownstones of New York, this interwar duplex is a humane scale solution to housing in the Sydney city fringes.

images © Justin Alexander
Shoulder to shoulder with other apartment buildings, the original 1920s two-storey flats were transformed into a four storey block with a basement carpark and cellar, a ground floor garden apartment and a two-storey penthouse.
images © Justin Alexander
Just forty-percent of the existing structure was demolished, mainly the dysfunctional rooms at the back of the property, which were replaced by a modern four-storey structure.

image © Justin Alexander
The front of the property, with its original Queen Anne leadlight windows, liver toned brickwork and timber shingles, was left intact to preserve the building?s consistency with the prevailing style of the street. No one would believe that behind those refined front rooms the apartments would morph into modern open living spaces with generous terraces that allow the inhabitants to admire the views of the city,...