Surman Weston has built a house in Surbiton, south-west London, with a facade that riffs off the mock-Tudor facades of the surrounding suburban homes.
Named Ditton Hill House, the home was designed to combine the client's desire for a contemporary house that had an industrial aesthetic with an acknowledgement of its location in a London suburb.
"The client wanted an overtly industrial house, the driving design concept for us was to deliver a house that met that brief but was still contextual in its suburban setting," explained Surman Weston co-founder Tom Surman.
"The surrounding area was awash with mock-Tudor houses, we set about subverting this typical suburban language by pairing it with modern industrial materials," he told Dezeen.
Built with an external steel frame, the most visible nod towards the neighbouring mock-Tudor homes are the front and rear facades of the A-frame house.
On these elevations, Surman Weston infilled the structural framing, which is arranged in a similar pattern to that found on mock-Tudor facades, with brick panels.

"The primary integration of the local vernacular results from the decision to use a steel exoskeleton infilled with masonry," said Surman.
"The exoskeletal steel frame acts structurally, externally this enabled us to integrate the local vernacular in a contemporary fashion and internally allowed us to achieve expansive column-free spaces," he continued.
"Very few buildings are built the...