Double Concrete House
Completed Budget £900,000 Residential extension Shortlisted for Don't Move, Improve awards 2016/7, Featured in the Wall Street Journal, George Clarke's Channel 4 series Ugly House to Lovely House, season 2, episode 2, Top Ten images on Archinect's Kitchen and Living Spaces Pinterest boards, and featured project in Open House 2017. A young couple purchased an un-modernised semi-detached Arts and Crafts-style home 'between the Commons' to create a new family home in a conservation area. Keen on both the original features of the house and the textural quality of board-formed concrete, we envisioned a folding plane of concrete that wrapped up, down, and over to sculpt a new kitchen and living area. This exciting concept actually draws upon the traditions of Arts and Crafts to create a modern, hand-crafted extension that refers to it's host structure through the construction process whilst presenting an unapologetic of-its-time design.
