Templewood Avenue
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Private residence set within a conservation area in north London
The house, which consists of a series of planted terraces between pairs of masonry walls under a green floating roof, is hidden from the road by a sloped lawn combined with a screen of trees.
Between the two wings a partially subterranean glazed hall acts as the main entrance and core of the house. From this hall there is access to a swimming pool that shares the basement level with three garages.
A suspended staircase, designed to be reminiscent Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, provides access to the upper floors. The ground floor contains the living room, kitchen, dining room, study, morning room and a guest bedroom. The first floor has five en-suite bedrooms.
Data
- Begun: Mar 1998
- Completed: Jun 1999
- Floor area: 656m2
- Sector: House
- Procurement: JCT.80 Private with Quantities
- Address: Templewood Avenue, Hampstead, London, NW3 7UY, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: MJP Architects
- Client: Earl Estates
- Structural engineer: Whitby & Bird
- Services engineer: Whitby & Bird
- Quantity surveyor: AYH Partnership
- Planning supervisor: Dalton Warner Davis
- Main contractor: Wilmott Dixon
- Landscape architect: Chris Yarrow & Associates
- Legal: Travers Smith Braithwaite