Sliver house

I found this really neat home in London by architects Boyarsky Murphy that is such a creative use of a small plot of land. The site had been left derelict for decades because there were no obvious ways to develop it. Wedged between two imposing Victorian end of terrace buildings with a street frontage of less than three metres, the site is eleven metres deep and 7.5 metres wide at the rear of the property. Each plan, therefore, took a different form resulting in a stacked configuration. The guiding principles behind the project were to introduce as much light as possible throughout the building whilst retaining privacy from the many neighbouring windows.

Comments

[dorota]

Wow, really impressive.

[Christa]

I love that architects are doing more of this kind of in-fill urban design. I suppose this still costs millions.

[Julie-White Tapestry]

Wow, that sure is a sliver. Love it!

[Lim]

Very nice.

[Katrina]

This was an early Grand Designs home. Worth watching...

[inspir@lia]

Wow! I thought that our block of land was narrow @ 9 metres wide!

[Melanie]

Very clever!