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PADDINGTON HOUSE II BY TRIBE STUDIO ARCHITECTS

At some stage, many of us have dreamt of joining two houses into one. When the house doesn’t seem to be big enough to take what life throws at you, that dream of adding extra space by expanding up, down or even sideways – particularly if you’re in a growing family – is one that many of us can easily relate to.

Alisa and David had lived in one of a pair of small Federation-era, semi-detached worker’s cottages for a number of years before the opportunity to expand into the

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