Canonbury Pavilion
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A studio/ garage located in the garden of a Grade II listed house on Canonbury square, one of London’s most important Georgian squares
The aim of the scheme was to provide a flexible studio space for painting and summer parties, and a sheltered space for the owner’s vintage car.
The pavilion has been inserted between two irregular existing walls, with timber shiplap cladding providing a rain screen above the height of the wall while exposing the brick to the interior space. In order to integrate the pavilion with its surroundings, black painted timber, a sedum roof and reflective glazing wrap the slender frame.
Both reflective and transparent, the glazing simultaneously creates a boundary and continuity between interior and exterior space. The grid of the steel structure was carefully aligned to sit in-between the mature Ash and Sycamore trees, with micro-piled foundations being inserted between the network of roots below ground.
Data
- Begun: Oct 2010
- Completed: Mar 2011
- Floor area: 45m2
- Sector: House
- Total cost: £65,000
- Tender date: Jun 2010
- Procurement: MWD 2011 Minor Works Building Contract with contractor’s design 2011
- Address: 45 Canonbury Square, London, N1 2AW, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Paolo Cossu Architects
- Client: Mr and Mrs Robertson
- Main contractor: Kaymac Construction
- Structural engineer: Ian Drummond Consulting Engineers
- Landscape design : Arabella Lennox-Boyd
Suppliers
- Glazing manufacturer: Texo Group
