An Architect's 1958 Midcentury in Tasmania Gets a Graceful Renovation
Designed by architect Edith Emery for her family and built in Sandy Bay in 1958, this midcentury abode receives a deliberate expansion that carries the spirit of the original.
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Edith Emery was an Austrian émigré, doctor, and architect whose work was "shunned as a female practitioner during her later life in Tasmania," write Taylor and Hinds Architects. "We recognized early on that we were operating within the sensibilities of a fine, and seriously underrated, practitioner."
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Melissa Dalton
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Melissa Dalton is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon, who has been writing for Dwell since 2017. Read more of her work about design and architecture at melissadalton.net.
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