Property News · January 27, 2018

The future's orange: an architect's steel-clad home


A breakers’ yard is transformed into a family home – inspired by London Zoo’s 1960s elephant houseTucked away on a back street, on the site of an old breakers’ yard, is an urban arcadia: a secret courtyard garden forms the centrepiece of an extraordinary U-shaped home, made up of six interconnected, steel-clad terracotta structures.Built by German-born architect Henning Stummel in London, it has a “wing” for him and his partner, film producer Alice Dawson, and one for their teenage daughters, Justine and Ayesha. “The layout works really well for us,” Stummel says. “Our children are at an age where they like the idea of a private realm, and then we have a space in the middle where we can all come together.” Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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