Elemental House
Archmongers
Hackney, 2025
Shortlisted
Johan Hybschmann, director at Archmongers, and his wife, Anita Freeman, have remodelled their London home, a 1970s split-level house located in Hackney. The renovation has future-proofed the house for modern living, enhancing the home’s energy efficiency, whilst bringing natural light deep into the plan. The design scheme employs a simple palette of existing materials including brick, galvanised steel, cast concrete, and timber.
“We knew the house had the right DNA to become a special place to live, but it turned out to be an even stronger framework than expected, with the house itself guiding the significant transformation, deploying bold forms and honest self-finished materials to enhance what was originally there. It was rewarding to work in this way and although the house has been radically changed, it still very much feels like the same house, nestled in its terrace.”
