A Cork House
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Phase one' was conceived as a design and build project constructed by my wife and I over the course of 14 months.
This 1890’s Victorian terrace house needed to be renovated, extended and restored with specific consideration to our current needs. The priority of the project was to create a set of open-plan and functional entertaining spaces which would cater for both our work and social lives, whilst at the same time acting as an experimental test bed for design and making as part of my recently established architecture and design studio.
Photography by Chris Snook Photography
Data
- Begun: May 2016
- Completed: Jul 2017
- Floor area: 40m2
- Sector: Residential
- Total cost: £75,000
- Funding: Private
- Address: London, E7, United Kingdom
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Professional Team
- Architect: Richard John Andrews Ltd
- Client: Richard John Andrews and Kristina Ralph Andrews
- Structural engineer: Structure Workshop Ltd
- Main contractor: Self Build by Richard John Andrews Ltd
Suppliers
- Sliding pocket doors: Maxlight Ltd
- Flooring: The Colour Flooring Company
- Bricks: London Reclaimed Brick Merchants
- Exterior cork cladding: Mike Wye and Associates
- Rooflights: The Standard Patent Glazing Company
- Timber: T Chambers & Son
- Lighting supplier: Dowsing & Reynolds
- Appliances: Gorenje
- Bespoke kitchen: Richard John Andrews Ltd
- Kitchen handles: IKEA
- Handmade copper taps, shower unit and bath filler: Richard John Andrews Ltd
