Refurbishment and Restore Issue 10 2018 | Page 54

and dining room facing the rear garden. On the first floor are two more bedrooms, one with an en suite, and one next to the main family bathroom. This flexible layout, with an ample bathroom for each bedroom, can easily accommodate young professionals on a room by room basis, or a nuclear or intergenerational family. Hugh McEwen, partner at Office S&M, and project architect for the house explained “This new build-to-rent house is a study in generosity for its inhabitants and context. With our background in social and private housing, we brought the best of both worlds to this project. By taking a bespoke approach to the site we were able to make the most of the space through careful planning of how the house could be used in the future. We don’t produce quiet architecture, and this house revels in colour and materiality, which makes it a representation of the contemporary age in which it has been built”. www.officesandm.com Images Courtesy of French + Tye frenchandtye.com 54 - www.refurbandrestore.co.uk