A Dark and Dreary Welsh Row House Gets a Dazzling Reinvention

A renovation by Benjamin Hale Architects presents “a template for bringing Cardiff houses into the 21st century.”
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Just as their American and Australian counterparts flock to New York or Melbourne to start careers, freshly minted architects in the United Kingdom often head to London to earn their bona fides. Yet many of these young professionals eventually realize that the day-to-day business of a global city isn’t quite as glamorous as advertised. 

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