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Family Values

• When an architect designs their own home, it can present an opportunity to explore ideas without the limitations of a client brief. Anthony Gill, director of Anthony Gill Architects, did just that for his family home in Sydney’s North Bondi. Wanting a modest, economical and sustainable house, he overlapped spaces and dissolved boundaries to create a home that reflects the family’s priorities and valúes.

The existing two-bedroom semi-detached brick house is located on a busy comer site in North

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