For the past decade, the owners maintained this apartment as a rental property while residing in a spacious four-bedroom house with a garden. With their daughter moving out, they decided to downsize to the apartment, drawn by its convenient location and low-maintenance living. The apartment despite its narrow layout features a striking triangular kitchen island and frosted glass for natural light. It’s divided into an open-plan living area and private quarters, including a bedroom, rumpus room and study nook. Kirribilli Downsize Apartment (if you look closely at the first image you can just see the tops of the Sydney Opera House sails) by Tsai Design.

Photography by Clinton Weaver.