Stylish and delightful modernism in an old traditional terraced house of London.

Britain has an enormous stock of traditional terraced houses, which increasingly struggle to meet the needs of contemporary living – clearly a significant challenge. This typical four-storey London terraced house is a case in point, characterised by multiple levels and cramped dark rooms set around a winding staircase. The clue to realising the full potential of this house came in the small rear yard.
The lower-ground and ground floors have been unified by the addition of a double-height extension, just one-metre deep. This has allowed the ground floor to be pulled away from the existing rear wall, uniting the living spaces on both floors with a modest double-height volume.
This project achieves a delightful sense of space and light that is hard to believe possible in a house of this type.

ARCHITECT: David Mikhail Architects, London, UK. CLIENT: Private. LOCATION: Buttesland Street, London N1. AREA: 124 sq m. DATE: 2010. No part of this web site may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of Morfae and the copyright owner.