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breathing space

Architect Pip Marston from Sydney-based firm Marston Architects has mastered the art of living large within a small footprint. The two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment in Manly that she shares with her partner Nick Farrar may be a diminutive 64 square metres, but its interchangeable layout allows it to be an entertainers’ paradise, a dual workspace or an intimate haven for two on any given day.

Of course, it didn’t always function in this way. Certainly not when Pip and Nick purchased the 1930s apartment five years ago.

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