Mews House Chelsea

Mews House Chelsea

Bindloss Dawes Architect Ltd

Kensington and Chelsea, 2024

Longlisted

Bindloss Dawes has remodelled a compact mews house in Chelsea, London, turning a series of dark and cramped spaces into a luminous and functional second home. The Somerset-based architects have revitalised the home’s three storeys with the introduction of light and volume, demonstrating their rigorous approach to renovating urban dwellings. 

Material choices play a crucial role in the success of the transformation; Bindloss Dawes opted for a simple palette, a clean and uncluttered mix of minimal materials throughout. Expressed concrete grounds at the basement level. Tactile natural plaster features throughout the home, accented by warm oak and white-painted steel balustrades.

“The house has become the space and environment that we trawled through the listings pages trying to find but actually had hidden within our home of some 25 years.”