The main intervention here is the inhabitation of the roof space in order to create a larger and more usable family apartment. The historical fabric of the building remains an important part; external brick walls are left unpainted, work carefully carried out around existing columns & trusses, with new partitions not touching existing edges. The kitchen and staircase are unified in their materiality and conceived as solid volumes in the large space, rather than as a series of separate components.

Client:   Lucy French
Stages: RIBA 1 - 6