Shelving units and concealed doors compartmentalise refurbished London home
William Tozer Associates has completed the renovation of a Victorian house in north London that involved rearranging the interior around a pair of double-height voids and introducing integrated storage elements to separate some of the spaces.
The five-storey property forms part of a Victorian terrace in the Dartmouth Park area of Camden. William Tozer Associates sought to retain the house's existing character while introducing some distinctly modern details.
"The exterior treats [its] historical setting as a found object," said the architects, "preserving the London-stock brick elevations and slate roof, but incising them with frameless glazing."
The reconfigured interior is arranged over eight overlapping levels, with the ground floor and a lower-ground level connected by double-height voids. These spaces help to channel natural light through the house and provide views between the living spaces. "The lower-ground floor steps down the site, following the natural topography," explained the studio, "while the double-height spaces provide overlooking vantage points, heightening the sense of the interior as an architectural landscape."
One of the voids creates an bright, airy space that helps to define the separation between the dining area and an adjacent kitchen featuring a freestanding island unit.
The dining space is overlooked by a living room lined with a glass balustrade on the level above. A large sliding glass wall conne...
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