This contemporary self build in Avondale Park, London, where a Victorian hall once stood, shows how a home can make the most of natural lighting.
The home utilises London stock brick for its structure, stealthy glazing for its interior and a brise soleil andMVHR(Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery) system to regulate the home's heating.
The unique house styles has gained plaudits for its design and features, receiving the Sunday Times Interior Design Award. We take a look through inside the 3,200sqft, three-bedroom home as it goes on sale.
Home uses natural light from three directions
A pathway guides you to the heart of the layout, where you enter the house through a glass-walled hallway. The home offersgreat glazing ideasin itsopen planliving area that is flooded with natural light from three directions of glass.
The living area is designed around an open fireplace, and further ahead, a spacious two-story open space provides views from the gallery-style main suite above.
“建筑师和业主已经创建了一个light-filled home of playful volume and versatile arrangement, insulated by private evergreen gardens front and back," the estate agent for the property explains.
ArchitectPowell Tuck Associatesadds that the style was used to "optimise daylight" by using "large windows ideas" with "generous doorways", explaining that the staircase for the home is another example of their use ofdaylighting. "We transformed a narrow staircase into an open and elegant space that feels interconnected to the outdoors and the rest of the house," they said.
Dinesen Douglas Fir used throughout the home
The dining room and kitchen use custom cabinetry that runs along the southern wall and extends into a concealed pantry at one end. The Dinesen Douglas Fir cabinets (the wood used throughout the house) combines with the stainless-steel countertops, a black mosaic backsplash, and above-head yellow cabinets.
The floor features large concrete tiles, and the entire house benefits fromunderfloor heating. On the other end of the main floor, discretely hidden behind a pivot door, there is an office space. It has a sliding glass door that opens to the garden and is equipped with more Dinesen Douglas Fir oak furnishings, including a custom desk and shelving unit along one wall.
At the rear of the kitchen full-height glazed sliding doors lead onto a paved garden which has been planted around its borders. The garden has a decked area with a dining table with plants in separated boundaries that climb up the fencing, which provide a privategarden fence ideas.
Brise soleil system used to prevent overheating
房子的主卧室在一楼has views over Avondale Park through a massive glazed wall.
The stealthy glazing forms part of the cedar brise soleil system that helpsprevent overheating in the homeand unwanted glare.
It does this using the wooden blade or fins to let in gentle morning and evening sunlight, as well as winter sunlight, while blocking out direct summer sun, which reaches a maximum angle of 62 degrees in the UK.
Built-in cabinetry lines the entrance to the bedroom and leads to the large en suite bath and shower room that has its own built in cabinetry.
The second floor leads to two additional bedrooms, with one including a walk-in wardrobe, while the other has built-in cabinetry.
Underground floors offers welcome surprise
The lower ground level offers extra additional features, featuring high ceilings and natural light filtering through glass sections in the floors above.
On this level, there are two rooms: one is presently set up as a gym and media room, complete with integrated speakers, a projector, and an electric viewing screen, while the other serves as a recording studio and office.
The studio includes its own en suite shower room, and because the house is equipped with MVHR it could easily serve as a fourth bedroom. Additionally, on this level, there's a utility room positioned between the two rooms and a plant/boiler room.
The home is listed for sale by estate agentsThe Modern Housefor £6.95 million.
