Posted by Harry
Architecture | 30 Jan 07 | Comments (9) | Stumble
A member of the Crawford Partnership writes; "I work for a small Architecture firm in London. Recently we have completed two new and unusual projects in which your readers may be interested: Snowden House I and Snowden House II. Both are houses built on very tight sites in North London. The confines of the site and restrictions of local planning law meant that the houses were confined in height. Our answer was to go underground and invert the layout of the standard house, placing the bedrooms in the new basement and the living areas above.". Very interesting. More after the jump. Check out their website for Snowden House I and 13 other contemporary residential projects.
"At ground level the living, kitchen and dining areas form an open plan pavilion with full height glazed walls at the front and rear opening onto two small walled gardens. A white rendered fin wall penetrates through the front facade, behind which the compact kitchen area is housed, a horizontal slit window gives views out into the landscaped garden.
The new house is located on a tight corner plot at the end of a 4 storey Victorian terrace. The site was formerly occupied by two lock up garages and is within the North Kensington Conservation Area.
Kensington and Chelsea Planning Authority originally advised that the scheme should be “in keeping” with the local area, which mostly comprises of Victorian and Edwardian terraces. The development was also required to be no more obtrusive and visible from street level than the existing garages and boundary wall, projecting no more than 3 metres above ground level."
It be nice if the Snowden WAS on their site!!??!!
Flash.....ugh
I agree, terrible website, and nothing on the Snowden house. Not very wise to ask people to come see it, and have nothing to see.
Really yuckky flash
it's called "Highlever Road", the last project on the first list
I can not agree with the earlier comments.
It took me like 5 seconds to find the projects referred to.
The site is easy to use and looks a lot better then most other architecture studio sites.
If they would look better they would find the 2 types of Snowden houses.
The can be found in the section: projects.
Only are they not called Snowden, but the projects are named after the street it is in.
The project shown on Mocoloco is the last in line and is called: Highlever Road.
The other is: Randolph Avenue.
The story of 'Randolph Avenue' is also connected to 'Petrie Close'. But this is clearly incorrect.
Instead of criticizing other people Bert and Mark could have better skipped their incorrect comments. Is Crawford not good enough or something??
I did not know this architecture studio and can only say they have very nice projects, some are even stunning.
I for starters hope to see more of them on Mocoloco in the future.
Awful Flash site... But it is there, under Projects - Private Houses - Highlever Road. Not much to see on the site itself, but a good deal of info in a 10 page brochure is available for Highlever Road. Click the little book icon on top of the project page. The first Snowden house is Richmond Crescent, but no brochure.
How I hate Flash in the am.
I find it interesting how they solved the problem they were faced with. It's smart to place the private areas below ground level, where not as much light is needed because they are used mostly at night, and to allow for quieter rooms for sleeping. I understand that they had to use a lot of white to carry the light to the lower level, but I find that this makes the houses feel a touch cold.
whoever says they don't like the web site doesn't know what they're talking about, frankly.
Have a look at Projects - Richmond Crescent - Picture 8.
Stunning architecture. Cold, perhaps, but very inspiring. Looks like you're underwater with all that blue.
Is that suppose to be a lawn on top of Highlever road? If it is, then where does the grass go when you mow the lawn? I suppose you just use a lawnmower with a collector. No need to complicate things.
For Mark and Bert,
Good to see so much interest. We apologise for the problems you have had finding Snowden 1 and 2. We have been in the process of upgrading and simplifying our site. As part of the upgrade we have improved the project page. If you could take a look and email me your thoughts or comments I'd appreciate it.
Kind Regards,
Ben