Conversion of a former small factory, originally used for the manufacture of mannequins, into a private house for a couple. The building sits in the Canonbury Conservation Area.
The project includes the removal of a modern, poorly built, side infill to create a new external courtyard, landscaped and paved in granite. This introduces proper light and ventilation to the lower ground floor. The project also involved the demolition of an existing, dilapidated rooftop structure, demolition of a dangerously bowed, three-storey brick rear wall and demolition of all internal floors. We rebuilt the rear facade and restored and partially rebuilt the front elevation, re-pointing it with lime mortar. Following this came the insertion of a new three-storey steel frame, construction of insulated ground, first and second floors and new roofing. The new layout re-imagines the top floor structure as the kitchen and dining room, sitting below a pyramidal timber ceiling.