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Ensconced

Architects can struggle to get a foothold in the housing market like the rest of us. When Multiplicity’s Ellen Kwek and Six Degrees Architects' Michael Frazzetto teamed up with a pair of former sharehouse flatmates in 2011 to pool their resources and buy a beige 90s office in a former 1890s tram warehouse, they knew they’d be able to subdivide the heritage-listed property into two interesting homes.

Sitting in what was once the printer room – now a convivial

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