{"id":31171,"date":"2026-05-07T23:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/31171\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T23:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:00:44","slug":"architects-complete-then-list-an-infill-home-and-studio-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/31171\/","title":{"rendered":"Architects complete \u2014 then list \u2014 an infill home and studio in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cross-laminated timber, polished concrete and stainless steel shape this house in Walthamstow\u2019s<\/a> Orford Road conservation area, designed by London architecture practice AO-FT as both home and studio. Built on an infill plot along a former village high street, the project reinterprets the rhythm of neighbouring shopfronts through a layered fa\u00e7ade of Siberian larch battens and slim vertical mullions.<\/p>\n

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Photography: courtesy of the Modern House <\/p>\n

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Photography: courtesy of Modern House <\/p>\n

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Photography: courtesy of Modern House <\/p>\n

Inside, the plan follows the proportions of a Victorian<\/a> terrace while opening sightlines from the street through to the garden beyond. Spruce-lined walls and ceilings run throughout, with integrated storage built directly into the joinery. On the ground floor, polished-concrete floors extend beneath a sequence of living, kitchen and dining spaces, where stainless-steel worktops, birch cabinetry and built-in concrete seating sit alongside tall dual-aspect glazing.<\/p>\n

The upper floors contain three bedrooms finished with the same restrained palette of spruce joinery and terrazzo. Built-in shutters line the secondary bedrooms, while the principal suite occupies the top floor behind a full wall of wardrobes and an en suite partially screened by timber partitioning.<\/p>\n

The garden was conceived as an extension of the architecture, planted with evergreen species and anchored by a detached studio clad to match the main house. It\u2019s listed with the Modern House for \u00a31.5 million.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Photography: courtesy of the Modern House<\/p>\n

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Photography: courtesy of the Modern House<\/p>\n

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