丨英国伦敦丨Henley Halebrown

architects Henley Halebrown

Two Houses London 2001–2005

‘In their particularity and invention they (Two Houses) demonstrate the potential for rethinking the small house.’ Pierre d’Avoine, 2006

Two Houses occupy a site where once there were three

This pair of houses offers an essay in updating the tradition of the London terrace to suit the 21st Century

The timber-clad garden elevation of the two houses

The ground floor dining space in the North House is lit by an open stair between the first & second floors

Piano Nobile living space, North House

An hyperbolic roof characterises the North House’s living space

Ground floor kitchen, dining & living space, South House

Stair from ground to second floor living space, South House: the two bedrooms and a bathroom on the middle floor are concealed from the reception rooms, and are reached by another secret stair

Second floor living space, South House (stair to ground floor on right)

Courtyard garden, North House: bricks salvaged from the previous houses are used to corral the two houses and gardens

Technical

Appointment: 2001

Construction start: 2004

Completion: 2005

Area: 370m

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Budget: £675.000

Form of contract: Traditional

Client: Private

Structural Engineer: Rodrigues Associates

Quantity Surveyor: Stockdale

Building Control: MLM

Bibliography

Oliver Bennett, ‘A Perfect Match’, in:

Grand Designs

(April 2008), pp.114–121

‘Brick Awards 2007, Sustainability Award’, in:

Brick Development Association, Building

(9 November 2007), p.81

‘Mixed Doubles - Two Houses by Buschow Henley’, in:

Architecture Today

, issue AT170 (July 2006), pp.30–37

Awards

Brick Award, Sustainability Award, 2007

Hackney Design Awards, 2006