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MERRI CREEK HOUSE BY WOWOWA ARCHITECTURE

This is the story of a house that is not rectangular. Considered against the host of minimalist and reductive – and resolutely rectilinear – approaches to contemporary residential architecture favoured by many practices and their clients, Merri Creek House stands out by virtue of its bold geometry and inventive formal assemblage. There are drums and curves aplenty in this house, and even the odd paddle-pop detail (more on that later). By resorting to these gestures and devices, the designers have instigated the emergence of

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