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Modern Mews, London by Coffey Architects
New Home in England: Contemporary Residential Property ? design by Coffey Architects
10 + 9 Dec 2016
Modern Mews in London by Coffey Architects
Design: Coffey Architects
Location: London, South East England, UK
Modern Mews, London by Coffey Architects
The challenges involved in making a home from an existing mews house enclosure are two-fold ? firstly to carve a useful space from a small site of approximately three by eight metres and secondly to bring light into what is a single aspect building. Effectively, it is an intricately designed and constructed piece of joinery crafted to live in.
photos : Timothy Soar
The existing four storey mews house suffered from a dark interior due to only having windows to the front despite being 8m deep. The master bedroom and en-suite on lower ground enjoyed no natural light and the bedrooms on top floors felt disconnected and underused due to the tiny spiral stair at the rear of the building.

Coffey Architects moved the stair to the centre to avoid corridors taking up valuable space and approached the whole project as one large piece of joinery adding clarity to the and connectivity to the whole house. At the centre a stair pierces four floors of accommodation in a spectacular burst of light. This staircase is also the organisational structure bringing a rationale to the planning and layout of the house...