The Sunken House, so-named for its excavated site, is a dark, cedar-clad cube in a stuffy part of London, where weathered brick and clay chimney pots are more common than modernist angles. Locals have come to call it "Ed's Shed," after the owner, photographer Ed Reeve. Photo 6 of 7 in Cool Cladding by Sara Ost

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The Sunken House, so-named for its excavated site, is a dark, cedar-clad cube in a stuffy part of London, where weathered brick and clay chimney pots are more common than modernist angles. Locals have come to call it "Ed's Shed," after the owner, photographer Ed Reeve.