32 Murray Mews
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Hal Currey’s house, with zinc panels and aluminium window frames, is a radical innovation for Murray Mews
Private house for architect Hal Currey and his family in Camden Town, London
Murray Mews is located on the eastern fringes of Camden, and is most famous for a series of houses designed by Team 4. Currey’s house, which he designed, at 32 Murray Mews was completed in 2006.
The house is steel-framed and structurally simple, with conventional joisted floors. Externally it is clad in zinc panels, with sliding window frames of aluminium. Internally, a central blockwork shaft provides a measure of structural restraint. Blockwork is used as an inner skin throughout, providing thermal and acoustic insulation.
Currey has injected an entirely new element into the Murray Mews scene, subverting the old rules to allow for the use of zinc cladding, exposed steel frame at top floor level and plenty of glass.
On the ground floor, where the kitchen/dining space is the natural heart of the house, internal and external space merge when the sliding doors are thrown back in fine weather. The top floor is set back on both sides to provide external terraces.
Data
- Begun: 2000
- Completed: 2006
- Floor area: 149m2
- Sector: House
- Total cost: £250,000
- Tender date: Apr 2000
- Address: 32 Murray Mews, Camden, London, NW1 9RJ, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Hal Currey
- Project architects: Hal Currey, Team 4
- Client: Hal Currey & Family
