This is pure eye candy for us. The sight of other people making cooler spaces than their neighbors out of less always puts a smile on our face. In this case, this West London house was built within the space of an old single-storey wine vault that served the adjacent pub. The front is 3m wide and 8m high...
Perhaps the most interesting thing about this house is how light and airy the architects, Boyarsky Murphy, were able to make it by stripping out detail and glassing as many walls as possible. While the Victorians to either side are extremely enclosed and bricked in to head off the elements, the modern architect can insulate extremely well with glass and get the benefit of some solar heat influx as well.
The only thing we want to know is how much did it cost?
(Story is at BDOnline.com)
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the interiors looks great! however, i wish they spent more time designing & detailing the exterior.
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i was actually thinking the opposite - i think the outside looks really neat, but the inside is bland and sterile.
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I absolutely LOVE it. I wish I lived there...
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Like the interior a lot. It doesn't look that small at all. I think they should've done a little bit more on the front of the house and a roof garden or terrace!
joel
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This reminds me of "pet architecture" in Japan. Think of an office the size of a vendor cart squeezed between 2 buildings and other such "cute" architectural interventions.
See link to great book on the subject by the fab Atelier Bow-Wow: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/4846523276/qid=1086462039/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/002-2785614-4914412?v=glance&s=books
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This is very exciting! I did my thesis design on the very same situation...little thin spaces between buildings..."urban insterstitial spaces" is the term I used, I think! It's so inspiring to see that this can be done. And "Pet Architecture" was my bible for the semester...a very fun book to look at.
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Can you AT folk get a floor plan of this space?
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Wow, it's really a trip to see it pop up between those two mega-buildings. A very cool space.
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Here's a link to the axonometric of the house.
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/Pictures/Graphic/x/b/h/axonometric.gif
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wow, interesting how you can make a great place from some alley space.
Its beautiful though. thanks!
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Thanks spanishfish!
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It reminds me of this house, featured on Grand Designs http://tinyurl.com/5qcvl
The owner bought the land and was then told it was too small to build a house on.
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by the way, the house opens up wider in the back. It's not that skinny all the way through.
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