Fuygihi

A new family house in the a leafy suburb of North London forges a strong relationship between its external form and the composition of its internal spaces. It is given physical consistency and presence throughout by its sculptural use of brick as the predominant material. Brick provides contextual coherence with the surrounding detached houses of the North London suburb. Whilst the treatment of the house is manifestly abstract, covering all surfaces inside and out, it retains associations of traditional crafting embedded in the eclectic domestic architecture of the neighbourhood. A clear language of public and private realms is defined in the elevations of the house. The treatment of thresholds between interior and exterior space vari... More