FITZROY NORTH HOUSE BY FIGUREGROUND ARCHITECTURE
In generations to come, I wonder what anthropologists might glean about our shifting domestic mores from the way that we reconfigure heritage houses. Opening and extending them to welcome more light and air; building in flexibility for varied use, such as work or study; and – common in Victorian terrace renovations – shifting living and dining activities away from grandly scaled formal rooms into more relaxed spaces, typically oriented away from the street.
That’s not to suggest, of course, that there is a formula for a good terrace renovation. Indeed, most navigate a complex array of
