320 Kilburn Lane
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First floor garden
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Remodelling and extension of Victorian terrace property for an architect’s studio below an existing flat
Clients Lyndsay and Duncan McLeod were looking to create a workspace on the ground floor of their property, below their flat.
The aim was to create an office that didn’t feel like an office; a surprising space full of natural light, a sense of fun and places to hide motorcycles
isual and spatial connections between home and work had to be carefully balanced.
The studio is south facing with a rear courtyard. Clerestory glazing allows sunlight to hit curved oak panelled walls rather than people’s heads. The glazing provides a balustrade for a first floor garden where, in the evening, lights in the studio can dramatically illuminate the garden above.
Raw materials and a wood burning stove offset high-tech office paraphernalia. The original wall configuration is recorded in the layout of the brick floor. Four motorcycles are hidden in the studio, one of which is under a secret sliding staircase.
Data
- Completed: Sep 2015
- Floor area: 63m2
- Sectors: Office, House
- Total cost: £94,500
- Address: The Studio, 320 Kilburn Lane, London, W9 3EF, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Studio McLeod
- Client: Studio McLeod, Lyndsay and Duncan McLeod
- Main Contractor : Ciorba Construction Ltd
- Structural engineer: BDL
- Survey Drawings: Edward Gardner Surveys
Suppliers
- Timber Cladding: Dyfed Richards
- AV: Twisted Pear
- Architectural metalwork: Molesey Metal
- Glazing : Fineline Aluminium
- Rooflight supplier: Glazing Vision
- Atrium glazing: Master glazing
- Sloped rooflights: The Rooflight Company
- Intruder Alarm: Armadillo Safeguards
- Lighting Supply: Twisted Light
- Zinc Cappings: Payne & Hughes
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