Camden Square

Square Feet Architects created two study/work areas – one a raised, ground-floor glass and brown zinc cube; the other, a garden room clad in black zinc. It also completely renovated the master bedroom suite, with a new ensuite and joinery-clad dressing room, which enjoys views over the city.

We were asked to reconfigure and update the house for this family of two lawyers and two daughters. Working at home was a key requirement, making two studies counterpointing one another – one on the upper ground floor at the rear overlooking the garden, the other set within the small garden, more detached from the hurly-burly of the house. Perhaps more importantly, we also made a family space on the garden level where everyone could come together for food and stories.

Set within the Camden Square Conservation Area, materials were key. So we chose patinated brown zinc for the raised ground-floor extension, which is sympathetic in colour to the rear elevation and London stock brick. For the study in the garden, we chose black zinc as being more ‘stealth’-like, which seemed appropriate. We also updated the rest of house, including a hotel-like main bedroom ‘suite’. Close attention was paid throughout to details such as lighting and materials.

Photography by Rick McCullagh