Beddison Swift House by Neil Clerehan and Guilford Bell
Multigenerational living has, in recent years, been touted as a solution for many of Australia’s housing issues, from the affordability crisis to aged care. But this type of living arrangement is nothing new. It is common practice in many cultures for two or more generations to live together, and the ubiquity of the granny flat would suggest that, in Australia, it was once more common than it is now.
The three-generation Beddison/Swift family may not have set out to create an architectural exemplar of multigenerational living with their adjoining homes in
