Office S&M has completed a colourful extension to Overcast House in north London, which features on-trend hues such as Millennium Pink and Mint Green.
Local studio Office S&M, which is headed by architects Catrina Stewart and Hugh McEwen, added a ground-floor kitchen extension to the Victorian terraced house in Haringey.
Above: Overcast House is covered in pink-coloured concrete blocks. Top image: it contains a spacious ground-floor kitchen
As one of the clients works as a colour consultant the well-lit space was designed to double up as an area to meet with clients.
This replaced her south-facing studio at the front of the house that had variable sunlight conditions that made it hard to maintain colour consistency while working or holding meetings. Part of the brief for the Overcast House, therefore, became about creating a space with even light that could be used as both a kitchen for entertaining and an artist's studio.
It is designed to be light but shielded from direct sunlight
"Creating a well-lit space that is shielded from direct sunlight was an unusual challenge," Office S&M pointed out.
"Our response makes use of north light in the new extension, through carefully shaped roof lights which shield the windows from direct sun."
The kitchen doubles as an entertaining space and an artist's studio
A saw-tooth roof of the kind typically found in industrial buildings or art galleries incorporates north-facing roof lights that let in even...