Loophouse 2 in Fulham, London by Paul McAneary Architects Ltd

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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Loophouse 2 in Fulham, London by Paul McAneary Architects Ltd

December 6th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Paul McAneary Architects Ltd

This project redefines the internal organization and exterior form of an existing 1960’s single story ranch house. The project for a new master bedroom suite and a guest room leverages the limited scope of work by using the overall new form to give the entire house a new identity. The new massing is positioned forward in relationship to the existing approach and seems to rise upward as the hillside falls. The new master bedroom provides this new front with a formal face, yet does not yet imply entry. As you move further into the site the appearance of a courtyard caught between the existing form and the new massing reveals the new entry.

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Architects: Paul McAneary Architects Ltd
Project: Loophouse 2
Location: Fulham, London
Contract Value: £ 350k
Area: 245 sqm
Client: Private
Design Team: Paul McAnea!, Alexand” Toogood
Contrctor: Roxburgh Construction
Supplier: Quantum Fitted Furniture, Fineline Aluminium, Direct Stone, Aston Matthews

Image Courtesy © Paul McAneary Architects Ltd

Additionally the exterior of the new massing is articulated as a draped skin hung loosely over the new forms. The skin is then extended to wrap portions of the existing massing as well giving the house a completely new appearance. This looseness of fit between shin and mass defines a number of unexpected spaces caught between surface and mass.

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: Image Courtesy © Paul McAneary Architects Ltd

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Tags: Fulham, London

Category: House

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