The scheme is inspired by the timber-lined rooms of Arts & Crafts houses, with the floors, stairs, balustrades, walls, soffits, and built-in furniture all constructed with plywood. The scheme takes advantage of the existing split levels in the loft, with the addition of an east facing dormer window with a view above the surrounding roofs over north-east London, a desk on the lower level, and seating and shelves on the upper. The balustrade between the two levels is stencil cut with the twenty-six letters of the alphabet to allow light and views between the two levels and reflect the client’s preoccupation with this “magical number”.

Awards

• Shortlisted for the Home Design category of New London Architecture’s Don’t Move, Improve! 2011/2012 awards

Published

• Grand Designs Magazine, March 2019

• Home Work: Design Solutions for Working from Home, by Anna Yudina, Thames & Hudson, 2018

• Grand Designs Magazine, May 2012

Exhibition

• New London Architecture’s Don’t Move, Improve! 2011/2012 awards, the Building Centre, 3 February – 22 April 2012

Photography by Tom Cronin