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1 OF 16 BY PANOV SCOTT ARCHITECTS

When I met Panov Scott Architects’ founders Anita Panov and Andrew Scott at 1 of 16, our conversation turned to the concept of the individual within the collective. The intact nature of this collective – a row of sixteen Victorian terrace houses in the Sydney suburb of Newtown – is one of the collective’s obvious strengths. But what Anita and Andrew find most interesting here is the role of the maverick individual in the group.

The realm of that individual sits behind the dwelling’s front facade. While the front two rooms of the terrace have been left intact, from there on

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