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PHOTO: An award-winning architect has transformed an old car workshop into a one-of-a-kind family home – but you’d never know it from outside.

  • An award-winning architect has transformed an old car workshop into a one-of-a-kind family home 
  • Matt Elkan’s ‘Smash Repair House’ is sandwiched between Victorian terraces in Paddington, near Sydney CBD
  • It has been described as the perfect balance of heritage character and charm and modern luxury
  • Mr Elkan breathed new life into the workshop by adding a courtyard that floods sunlight into all three floors

An award-winning architect has transformed an old car workshop into a one-of-a-kind family home – but you’d never know it from outside.

Tacked onto the end of a row of Victorian terraces in the historic conservation area of Paddington, 4.5km east of Sydney CBD, Matt Elkan’s ‘Smash Repair House’ is the perfect balance of heritage charm and modern luxury.

Mr Elkan, who has carried out several restoration projects, preserving the substance of older homes while reworking and adding to them, breathed new life into the mechanic’s workshop by adding a central courtyard that floods natural sunlight into all three floors.

Mr Elka breathed new life into the workshop by adding a central courtyard that floods natural sunlight into all three floors

The award-winning architect has carried out several restoration projects, preserving the substance of older homes while reworking and adding to them

Mr Elkan breathed new life into the workshop by adding a central courtyard that floods natural sunlight into all three floors

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