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Riverview by Matt Elkan Architect (now Incidental Architecture) FIRST HOUSE

For me, Riverview was a series of at least four happy accidents that led to the launch of an embryonic architectural business in 2006. Looking back, it’s hard to believe that all the pieces fell into place the way they did. If even one of the pieces hadn't landed, the project might have amounted to nothing, but somehow everything seemed to coalesce at one very nice moment.

Di, the owner, is a friend of my mum’s. In her sixties then, she’s in her

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