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31/44 Architects adds contemporary red-brick house to traditional London terrace
The homogenous red-brick facades and decorative tiled relief of this house tacked onto the end of a south-London terrace by 31/44 Architects reference details found on its older neighbours.
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The London- and Amsterdam-based practice designed the Red House as a speculative project for developer Arrant Land, which had acquired the end-terrace lot and adjacent property in the East Dulwich area.
A garage previously located on the site was removed to make way for a three-bedroom house that follows the building line and height of the existing buildings.
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The key difference between the neighbouring properties and the Red House is the new building's entirely red-brick exterior.
This material is found in details on the facades of the older homes, but its exclusive use for the new house's facades gives the building a modern feel.
"The house shares the visual language of the pattern-book brick Victorian houses with their ornamental arched entrances," said the architects, "but it is designed in a contemporary idiom and confidently terminates the terrace with a highly distinct proposition."
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Other characteristic features from the terrace that are incorporated into the design include an upper-floor window and an arched opening in the facade.
In the Red House, the entrance is positioned to one side and a large window is inserted below the arch to bring natural light into a double-height hallway.
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A pre-cast pigmented-concrete lintel that extends above the entrance and along the top of the boundary wall also supports the span of the arch, which is undecorated and surrounds a frameless window.
A section of the facade between the concrete lintel and the upper window features a relief pattern that recalls the tiled flooring found in the vestibules of many Victorian homes.
From the house's entrance atrium, a short set of steps descends to an open kitchen and living area featuring a unifying black concrete floor.
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Natural light floods into this space through windows lining two courtyards slotted in alongside the boundary wall at the rear and side of the property.
External red-brick walls are visible through the glazed surfaces and are incorporated into the living spaces in the form of a chimney stack that rises above the roofline.
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The chimney connects with a wood-burning stove set into a solid concrete plinth that wraps around a corner of the rear terrace.
Two bedrooms and a bathroom are situated on the first floor, with a master bedroom suite located on the top floor. An oak staircase with white wooden balustrades that connects these levels is illuminated by a high-level window facing onto the street.
James Jeffries of 31/44 Architects previously designed a townhouse for his family in Amsterdam, featuring a grey brickwork facade and a large skylight that allows daylight to filter down through a central void.
Photography is by Rory Gardiner.