Property News · December 23, 2017

Former glory: staying true to 1950s home design


Old drawings and original features provide inspiration for this striking home. Bold colours add to the impactHelena Rivera’s south London home came with impeccable architectural credentials. Housed in the famed mid-century Dulwich Estate, it was built by Austin Vernon & Partners as part of a postwar initiative to provide well-designed, affordable housing. “When you find a good piece of 1950s design like this, you want to take care of it, not change it,” says Rivera, a Colombian-born architect, who lives here with her husband Hernando Alvarez, an editor at BBC World Service, and their two sons. The pair may not have wanted to alter or extend their home, but they could see ways to improve it.The first thing they did was reinstate a window seat in the living room. Rivera went back to the original 1959 drawings and discovered that what had recently been used as a deep sill for plants was marked on the plans as a day bed. “It’s a really sunny spot with a view of the garden, so it makes sense,” Rivera says. She had it upholstered in hot orange wool by Kvadrat. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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