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1:04 PM April 28, 2021
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While retaining the original 1930s facade, the home was transformed into a double fronted property.
- Credit: Will Pryce
While retaining the original period frontage of the Lanchester Road house, Kentish Town’s Mulroy Architects converted the property into an arresting modern home which has garnered praised by the Don’t Move, Improve 2021 competition.
While many people have upped and moved this year in search of more space or a bigger garden, perhaps Don’t Move, Improve 2021 is a timely reminder that sometimes you can work with what you’ve got.
The New London Architecture (NLA) competition champions the best and most innovative home improvement projects in the capital, demonstrating well-designed homes can improve quality of life, and are often more affordable than initially thought.
1930s Highgate home gains minimalist extension from Mulroy Architects
1930s Highgate home gains minimalist extension from Mulroy Architects
A brick house extension in Highgate by London-based Mulroy Architects updates a 1930s detached home with a view towards the woods
Residential extensions are many architecture studios’ bread and butter, but even within this, fairly familiar, type of commission, projects can range vastly in scope and style. North London based Mulroy Architects are experts in the humble house extension, but still, their latest scheme, the redesign and expansion of a 1930s detached home in Highgate, was a real point of departure – predominantly, because of the commission’s larger scale.