Built on the land of the Gadigal and Wangal peoples of the Eora nation
Be they called “bachelor flats,” “bedsits,” “lodging rooms” or “micro-apartments,” buildings comprised of smaller multiresidential units have been a recurring phenomenon in Australian cities for well over a century. However, with current trends toward shrinking household sizes and ever-increasing living costs, how to design this kind of accommodation well is set to become a far more common challenge for the architectural profession. With our urban centres continuing to get both taller and thicker, the demands of population density and residential amenity can often seem to be in competition, or indeed direct conflict. Fortunately, Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects’ Studio Apartments in Sydney’s Inner West shows us that this need
