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Architect

Liz Walsh and Alex Nielsen #TheBaeTAS thebaetas.com.au

Builder

Andy Otto Woodwork

Small footprint living

The adaptive conversion of an existing 1970s bed-sit apartment into a functional micro-home is inherently sustainable. Repurposing and upgrading an existing space and tapping into existing amenity, infrastructure and community (rather than building anew on the CBD periphery) is a low-tech but arguably fundamentally sustainable approach to growing

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