A derelict house in London that had tunnels dug under it by the infamous Mole Man has been restored and adapted by architect David Adjaye for the artist Sue Webster.
Adjaye's studio Adjaye Associates has transformed the abandoned building, which sits atop a labyrinth of filled-in tunnels, into a live-work space for Webster.

The artist, who previously commissioned Adjaye Associates to build her a home called Dirty House, was attracted by the abandoned house's bizarre past.
For 40 years Mole House's previous owner, retired civil engineer William Lyttle, dug a warren of burrows under his 20-room home on Mortimer Road in east London.

Lyttle was dubbed the Mole Man by the press when the secret network of tunnels and caves were discovered. He was later evicted and the tunnels were blocked up with concrete.
In homage to the Mole Man's legacy, Adjaye Associates have built multiple entrances and exits to Mole House.
They also excavated it below street level and gave it a basement extension ? with planning permission this time.

The three-storey house sits on a triangular plot, with two doors accessible from the road and driveway leading to the main house or the studio on the lower ground floor.
Steps also lead from the main house to the front garden, providing access to the studio and sunken back garden.

During the renovation the architecture studio carefully dug out 2,000 tonnes of the concrete used to fill up holes around the property, revealing years of what the studio calle...