Pink House

Oliver Leech Architects

Kensington and Chelsea, 2022

Shortlisted

The Victorian terrace house was in poor condition and required a full overhaul. The concept for this family home was to celebrate natural materials, travel memories, and create a home perfect for entertaining. The house had already been extended, including a basement and loft conversion but it needed re-thinking and re-organising to allow it to function as a family home. Oliver Leech Architects explored the possibilities of using simple materials in new ways to create something unique, warm and textured.

To start, the studio stripped it back to its bare bones, digging a new basement under the existing house to provide a new kitchenette, guest bedroom and cinema room. On the ground floor, side and rear extensions provide space for a bright new kitchen and dining nook with a better connection and view to the landscaped gardens.

The basement also had to be completely re-formed due to structural issues, and the loft re-built. The concept left materials in their natural forms wherever possible; exposed Douglas fir timber beams, polished concrete, exposed steelwork and un-finished plaster all add to the feeling of raw-ness to create a house that will age gracefully over time.

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“The house had to be taken back to its bare bones before it was re-built into something new and better.”

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