Hi again- I'm an Aussie and the term 'wood burner' means a metal box with a glass door on the front and in the situation where you have a 'double sided wood burner' that means two glass doors on each end. A wood burning fireplace open either side between two rooms is a different thing. Sorry about the confusion. I looked into building one of those in brick and was strongly advised to place a glass panel on one side ( as Ironwood has pointed out) the natural draughts that move through your home will take the smoke with it. A piece of glass will prevent this from happening.

Are you able to make changes to the flat ? One very good way reduce noise from the street is to replace the windows with new windows with 2 or 3 layers of glass in well sealed new window frames. Another way is to add a layer of drywall to the front wall with an airspace between the original wall and the new drywall panels using a metal channel. If it is a rental and you can't make changes, keeping the windows closed is the best thing that you can do.

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Some basic changes will be, removing the AC unit f,rom facade, tiles don’t look grate on facade, go for natural materials line stone cladding or exposed brick also looks good. Can do some good geometric form with ms frame + louver patterns and metal jali as bottom ref. sketch.