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Little by little

Asked to recount the when and where of this Melbourne mansion dropping into his design lap, architect Travis Walton thinks back to 2014 and one of those storied New York bars where fabulous creatures hold court and Old Fashioneds flow. He remembers a Midtown meeting with former clients and an introduction to their friends, Areti and Panagiotis, “two bons vivants in beautiful dress” who lit up the room and registered an interest in his work.

Walton recalls the first mutterings of a design commission being made with considerable understatement. “I’ve got a

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