Donovan

Donovan keeps its Victorian front exactly as the street expects in Alexandra Park — a restored gable, sash windows, a bold front door. Behind it, a contemporary yellow-brick extension reconfigures the building into four self-contained apartments, with private balconies and an arched, softly lit hallway tying old to new.

The real surprise is inside, where curved walls and ceilings run through the corridors connecting the flats, worked around floor levels that step down unevenly between lower-ground and ground floor.