7 London Houses We Love
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For photographer Ed Reeve, building his own house had been a lifelong dream. When he met architect David Adjaye, and found the perfect plot of land in London’s De Beauvoir Town, Reeve knew his time had come. The Sunken House, so-named for its excavated site, is a dark, cedar-clad cube in a stuffy part of town, where weathered brick and clay chimney pots are more common than modernist angles.—Max Fraser -
Corporate high-flyers and admitted neat freaks Bruce Thatcher and Kirsty Leighton couldn’t handle the chaos anymore. With two small boys and demanding jobs (he works in hedge funds, she’s a PR executive), they craved order, light, and space but were prepared to settle for a washing machine. In came architect William Tozer with a plan that inserted clean white planes into the envelope of their Victorian terrace house in London. Christened the Composite House, this renovation collates Tozer’s decade of experience making small partial renovations into a complete overhaul that builds on, rather than obliterates, its Victorian origins. As the sky darkened on a rainy afternoon, Bruce and Kirsty showed us around.—Nicola Twilley -
On an eight-foot-wide site in London, architect Luke Tozer cleverly squeezed in a four-story home equipped with rain-water-harvesting and geothermal systems.—Dominic Bradbury -
In a London house that’s flooded with light, a spiral staircase provides a prismatic path from floor to floor.—Jordan Kushins -
A digitally fabricated design in London boasts secret compartments for coralling the trappings of a modern workspace.—Diana Budds -
British artist Maisie Broadhead elevates the nuisance of an unsightly lamp cord to over-the-mantel art with this clever bit of DIY design.—Aaron Britt -
With no space to waste, London-based designers Kim Colin and Sam Hecht turned a 1924 garage into the perfect home product.—Amelia Thorpe
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Black Sheep
From red brick in a shingled mix to cedar cladding that stands out, these modern homes were designed to turn heads.
Composite Index
Corporate high-flyers and admitted neat freaks Bruce Thatcher and Kirsty Leighton couldn’t handle the chaos anymore.
Mind the Gap
On an eight-foot-wide site in London, architect Luke Tozer cleverly squeezed in a four-story home equipped with rain-water-harvesting and geothermal systems.
Matthew Williams Exhibition 'Outside'
Kiwi photographer Matthew Williams has traveled around the globe to shoot homes for Dwell.
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