Design Buy Build Issue 43 2020 | Page 46

Interiors & Interior Design West London Project This impressive white stucco Victorian villa stands on a prominent corner site in London’s Notting Hill and as such the house benefits from triple aspect and an abundance of natural light. 23 Architecture were approached by their clients to obtain planning for a new basement and completely reconfigure and extend the substantial existing 1850’s four-storey villa. The client brief was to design a family home to house their four growing children, with large open spaces in the basement that the children could be free to play and hang out together, but also providing sanctuary in spaces for each of them to retreat. As with most of 23 Architecture’s designs, they focussed their attention on combining inter-connecting volumes 46 and double height spaces together with a stunning staircase at the heart of their design. This house is no exception with a beautiful stone staircase housed in a geometric glass and steel enclosure which stacks throughout the entire house from basement level up, terminating in a white plastered sculpture of a staircase at attic level.