Lovell Burton Architects Renovate 19th-Century Melbourne Cottage with Rotating Walls and Glass Doors
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Australian architecture studio Lovell Burton has renovated and extended a 19th-century workers' cottage in Melbourne for its founders, featuring innovative sliding walls and rotating glass doors to create flexible, loosely demarcated spaces while preserving the historic character of the original structure.
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Named Carlton Cottage after the suburb in which it is located, the neglected, single-storey terraced cottage has been updated by Lovell Burton's founders Joseph Lovell and Stephanie Burton
Lovell Burton has extended a 19th-century workers' cottage in Melbourne for its founders, "loosely demarcating space" with sliding walls and rotating glass doors.
