Mews House Renovation
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The first floor living room opening to glass lantern above with sliding glazed roof
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Renovation of 20-year-old mews house in Kings Cross, London, with particularly attention to daylighting and circulation
The mews house, built in a style reminiscent of the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, has been remodelled in an up-to-date style. Particular attention was paid to the use and penetration of natural light into a house with only one outside wall facing onto the narrow mews. The internal spaces have been reorganised to provide an additional bedroom and a small study.
A sliding glass roof over the double height living room creates the effect of an internal courtyard with light penetrating to all corners. The sliding rooflight also provides a canopy, when open, to an alfresco dining space on the newly created roof terrace.
The windows were all replaced using galvanized steel frames and lintels evocative of the more recent, light industrial use of the mews.
Data
- Completed: 2003
- Floor area: 240m2
- Sector: House
- Total cost: £335,000
- Address: Doughty Mews, Kings Cross, London, WC1N 2PG, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Piers Ford Architects
- Project architect: Piers Ford
- Client: Private
- Structural engineer: Price & Myers
- Quantity surveyor: Henry Newman & Partners
- Main contractor: 800 Gorup
Suppliers
- Steelwork: Graham Welding
- Stonework: Kalula Stone
- Glazing: Firman
- Retractable Roof: Glazing Vision
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