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THE RADICAL
TRANSFORMATION
OF A LONDON HOME
Looking up the void
Name of architect : Robert Hirschfield Architects Project name : House + House Location : London No . of bedrooms : 4 Size : 2,500 sqft
RHA has completed the radical transformation of a home in a North-West London conservation area . In a city where land is scarce and house prices are rising ‘ House + House ’ offered a solution for densifying low-rise semi-detached residential plots that could no longer be extended individually . By amalgamating two houses into one , these combined dwellings offered the house owners and their family additional living space without the need to relocate from their existing home .
The resulting four-bedroom house retains the existing structural shell of the two properties without impacting the external appearance of the buildings or the inter-relationship of particular aesthetic architectural features in this sensitive conservation area .
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