Studio BAM! builds Infill House in London garden
Architecture practice Studio BAM! has built a skinny house clad in charred cedar in the garden of a Victorian end-of-terrace home in London.
Infill House has been built on a wedge of land alongside the existing home, which tapers from a width of seven metres at the rear of the house to just two metres at its front.
Studio BAM! designed the standalone two-storey house's plan to follow the garden's unusual form.
Although the original and new houses sit side-by-side, the architects created a distinct property with Infill House.
Photo is by Niki Borowiecki
Its separate entrance leads to a long, thin loggia that ends in a large living, dining and kitchen area overlooking the garden.
Bright, open living spaces are arranged around a central, triangular courtyard and oriented out towards the garden.
More private spaces, such as the bedroom, bathroom and utility room, sit up against the wall of the existing home, illuminated by one side of the courtyard.
"As the client was uncertain during the design's development which house she would ultimately live in, we designed the new house to be very private-feeling," Studio BAM! co-founder Tom Borowiecki told Dezeen.
"The rear elevation is oriented away from the existing property and further into the garden, so that the occupiers of both houses have a sense of separation from their neighbour."
Photo is by Niki Borowiecki
Externally, Infill Houses's protruding upper floor peeks out from the run of the brick terrace, an...
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