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United Kingdom
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Other Projects by Jamie Fobert Architects
Levring House
United Kingdom
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2013
SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
BUDGET
$5M - 10M
Located in the Bloomsbury Conservation Area this contemporary brick house in-fills a vacant corner plot, formerly home to a used car garage, to complete an historic mews. The site occupies an interesting position at the junction of a variety of buildings from different periods and buildings of diverse scale.
The new house was developed around a reinterpretation of the
London lightwell. The lightwell descends right down into the
basement, where there is a 14m pool lined with marble. A
series of volumes step up from the basement to the top of
the house, wrapping around the lightwell and opening the
whole house to daylight.
With its third storey almost invisible from the street and
another level entirely hidden in the basement, the discretion
of the house’s exterior - designed to align with the scale of
the existing mews - belies the luxurious 600sqm of living
space within.
The external form and materiality was designed in close
dialogue with Conservations Officers. The exterior is clad in fine quality brick and lightly-finished bronze, materials chosen to suitably mediate between the ajoining streets, successfully completing the urban block.
As in a palazzo, the ground floor deals with entry, vehicles,
business and guests. Unusually, on the first floor, the kitchen
and living spaces neighbour the master bedroom, responding
to a desire by the clients not to have to carry cups of tea up
flights of stairs to their bedroom. In spite of site restrictions,
the whole house is filled with natural light and sky and a
generous sense of space, while maintaining a modest street
facade.
The new house was developed around a reinterpretation of the
London lightwell. The lightwell descends right down into the
basement, where there is a 14m pool lined with marble. A
series of volumes step up from the basement to the top of
the house, wrapping around the lightwell and opening the
whole house to daylight.
With its third storey almost invisible from the street and
another level entirely hidden in the basement, the discretion
of the house’s exterior - designed to align with the scale of
the existing mews - belies the luxurious 600sqm of living
space within.
The external form and materiality was designed in close
dialogue with Conservations Officers. The exterior is clad in fine quality brick and lightly-finished bronze, materials chosen to suitably mediate between the ajoining streets, successfully completing the urban block.
As in a palazzo, the ground floor deals with entry, vehicles,
business and guests. Unusually, on the first floor, the kitchen
and living spaces neighbour the master bedroom, responding
to a desire by the clients not to have to carry cups of tea up
flights of stairs to their bedroom. In spite of site restrictions,
the whole house is filled with natural light and sky and a
generous sense of space, while maintaining a modest street
facade.
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