The Corner House
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Refurbishment of a late 1950's house on the Corner Green estate, Greenwich
The dwelling was built around a simple component concept: everything vertical is glass and everything horizontal is wood
The construction of the building used the two materials in a simple stacking-component system, alternating between glass and wooden planks, with no mechanical fixings.
Floors, worktop, bathroom vanity, stair treads and bookshelves are all made from structural timber planks supplied by the Danish company Dinesen.
The stairwell features a 3.2m x 2m frameless rooflight that fills the space with light.
Data
- Begun: Dec 2009
- Completed: Jan 2011
- Floor area: 77m2
- Sector: House
- Procurement: JCT Minor Works
- Address: Corner Green, Greenwich, London, SE3 9JJ, United Kingdom
Materials 
Professional Team
- Architect: Friend and Company Architects
- Client: Private
- Structural engineer: Arup Material Consulting
- M&E consultant: Arup
- Quantity surveyor: Friend and Company Architects
- Project manager: Friend and Company Architects
- Main contractor: IPIG
- CDM coordinator: Friend and Company Architects
- Approved building inspector : Building Control Greenwich
Suppliers
- Timber: Dinesen
