Article source: Ström Architects 

“The Quest” is a private house in Swanage (UK); it is a new-build home replacing an ageing bungalow that had been on the site since 1917.

The clients wanted a house for their retirement, but with a keen interest in design and a love of abstract and modern art, it needed to eschew the usual trappings of staid, retirement home design.

Image Courtesy © Martin Gardner

• Architects: Ström Architects
• Project: The Quest
• Location: West Durlston Lane, Swanage, Dorset BH19 2JF, England
• Photography: Martin Gardner
• Client Name: Charles and Pennie Denton
• Main Contractor: Matrod Frampton Ltd
• Structural Engineer: Barton Engineers, Calcinotto Consulting Engineers
• Cost Consultant: Stockdale
• Landscape Architects: Ross Allan Designs
• Project Construction Cost: £750,000 total (inc. landscaping)
• Cost per sq.m.: £3,650 /sqm
• Project Size: 205sqm
• Start Date: October 2014
• Completion Date: December 2015

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