EASTHAM STREET BY MUIR
It’s a far cry from Fitzroy North to the Palace of Versailles, yet an inspired insight into Louis XIV’s spectacular gardens elevates Eastham Street, a modest alteration and addition by Muir. The French have a way of elevating almost everything with an architectural sensibility – take the vertical confectioneries of Marie-Antoine Carême, who said, “Most noble of all the arts is architecture, and its greatest manifestation is the art of the pastry chef.” It is – the art of trellising – that underpins the transformation of this double-fronted Victorian house for a retired couple into a contemporary
