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

© Edward Birch

Architects: Luigi Rosselli Architects

Location: Potts Point NSW 2011, Australia

Design Architect: Luigi Rosselli

Project Architects: Jane McNeill, Hugh Campbell

Area: 250.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Edward Birch , Justin Alexander

Interior Design: Jane McNeill

Heritage Consultant: John Oultram Heritage & Design

Builder: BWO Constructions Pty Ltd

Structural Consultant: Rooney & Bye Pty Ltd
Hydraulic Consultant: Rooney & Bye Pty Ltd

Joiner: Space Joinery

Landscaper: Susan Miles Landscape Architect

© Edward Birch

From the architect. Equivalent to the brownstones of New York, this interwar duplex is a humane scale solution to housing in the Sydney city fringes. 

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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.   

© Justin Alexander

Just forty-percent of the existing structure was demolished, mainly the dysfunctional rooms at the back of th...