WORDS REBECCA FOSTER PHOTOS PAUL RYAN-GOFF
Architect Ian Armstrong had long dreamt of undertaking his own self build. In 2010, after a four-year search for the perfect plot, an opportunity finally arose for Ian and his wife Lisa to realise their vision. However, Ian wasn’t immediately gripped with excitement at the prospect of tackling his own project. “It felt like someone else’s scheme,” he says. “Because I do this day-in, day-out for clients at the practice, Arco2 Sustainable Architecture, it wasn’t until I moved in that it really hit me.”
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