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Making smaller spaces work harder
A SYDNEY ARCHITECT IS CHANGING THE WAY AUSTRALIANS PERCEIVE COMPACT HOMES BY SEEKING TO CHALLENGE THE WAY THEY UTILISE TRADITIONAL SPACES. Architect Brad Swartz has built a ca-
metre studio apartment he owned
tiful attention to detailing has seen
reer out of his belief that good design
in Sydney’s Darlinghurst. The project
his career skyrocket off the back of
in not limited to large packaging.
saw him turn what was essentially a
his attempts to produce architecture
studio with a tight bathroom, into a
that changes the perception of small
fully functional one-bedroom, one-
spaces.
A master craftsman when it comes to revealing innovative spatial solutions in compact spaces, Swartz rose to prominence early in his career after he applied his pioneering design approach to a tiny 27 square
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bathroom apartment, big enough for two people to comfortably live and entertain in. Swartz’s unique approach and beau-
And it appears his timing couldn’t be better with the results of a national survey among strata residents revealing the thing they craved most
