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HOUSE K BY KART PROJECTS

When homeowners Tim and Cinzia engaged Kart Projects to design a modest extension to their semidetached house in Melbourne’s Fairfield, on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, there was an immediate, shared understanding about the family’s needs and the value of small, thoughtful additions to the existing fabric. Tim, who runs a digital design studio with Cinzia, recalls how Kart Projects directors Martin Musiatowicz and Karen Fermo “were very similar to us at the time: their business was a similar size to ours and I think we could really relate to each other.”

The strong, collaborative relationship built between client

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