{"id":684353,"date":"2026-01-09T11:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/684353\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:24:17","slug":"nikjoo-and-flawk-create-uniquely-sculptural-home-on-london-infill-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/684353\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikjoo and Flawk create “uniquely sculptural” home on London infill site"},"content":{"rendered":"

Curved walls and porthole windows add character to this brick<\/a> home built on an infill site in north London<\/a>, which has been completed by local architecture studio Nikjoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Designed in collaboration with London-based developer Flawk<\/a>, the three-bedroom family home<\/a>, named Runda, is composed of a rounded volume that sits on the corner plot of a former brickworks.<\/p>\n

Nikjoo<\/a> and Flawk drew on the curved edge of the existing site for the home’s sculptural form, which sees a curved motif repeated throughout the design.<\/p>\n

\"FrontNikjoo and Flawk have completed a curving home in north London<\/p>\n

“The existing site and its context have heavily influenced the design,” studio founder Alex Nikjoo told Dezeen. “The site has a gentle curved form at its edge, which has been incorporated into the home.”<\/p>\n

“This curve is further incorporated into the design of the home through playful porthole windows, gentle curved partitions and ceilings, giving the home a uniquely sculptural form,” he added.<\/p>\n

The studios employed a timber frame with brick cladding for the home’s structure, which bookends a row of 1960s terraced houses.<\/p>\n

\"DiningThe kitchen, living and dining area are held on the ground floor<\/p>\n

According to Nikjoo, its two-tone brick facade was chosen to both situate the home within the existing context and reduce the building’s massing.<\/p>\n

“The design of Runda acts as a bridge between the various [neighbouring] typologies, connecting them in a meaningful and purposeful manner which resolves the somewhat contorted streetscape,” he explained.<\/p>\n

\"LivingA large opening overlooks the front courtyard<\/p>\n

The three-storey home is composed of a main rectilinear volume that sits flush with the neighbouring house, along with a shorter, protruding curved volume that shelters an entrance at ground level.<\/p>\n

Inside, Runda opens up to a skylit central corridor, which leads into an open-plan kitchen, living and dining area, where a large opening overlooks the home’s front courtyard.<\/p>\n

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Wooden floors and plaster walls unite the home’s spaces. Elements designed and fabricated by Flawk include the kitchen, which pairs pine, oak and cherry cabinetry with a stainless-steel worktop and bespoke concrete corner counter.<\/p>\n

Connecting the home’s three floors is a staircase crafted from curved oak and stainless steel, complemented by a porthole window.<\/p>\n

\"StaircaseA skylit central corridor connects the home’s three stories<\/p>\n

Upstairs, two bedrooms and a bathroom occupy the first floor, which is finished with polished plaster walls and pale timber, paired with metal fittings and ceramic knobs.<\/p>\n

An en-suite main bedroom is held on the top floor and gains daylight from a circular roof light and full-height glazing that opens onto an external terrace.<\/p>\n

\"BedroomPlastered walls are set off by wooden and steel details<\/p>\n

Previous collaborations between Nikjoo and Flawk include a redbrick townhouse built on a parking space in London<\/a> and the renovation and extension of a post-war home in east London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Jasper Fry<\/a> unless otherwise stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Curved walls and porthole windows add character to this brick home built on an infill site in north…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[71587,748,393,4884,7931,257,87364,207197,126129,126130,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-684353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-bricks","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-houses","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-london-houses","15":"tag-nikjoo","16":"tag-sectionall","17":"tag-sectionarchitecture","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115864893359837032","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}