{"id":227420,"date":"2025-09-15T00:25:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T00:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/227420\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T00:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T00:25:22","slug":"twisted-house-mirrors-the-undulating-landscape-in-kent-with-curved-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/227420\/","title":{"rendered":"Twisted House “mirrors the undulating landscape” in Kent with curved roof"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pitched roof with a subtle curve subverts the otherwise traditional barn-like form of this house<\/a> in Kent<\/a>, UK, designed by local studio Andy Martin Architecture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Named Twisted House, the 290-square-metre family home replaces a two-bedroom timber bungalow on a three-hectare site in the village of Benenden.<\/p>\n

Andy Martin Architecture<\/a> looked to “seamlessly connect” the home with its rural surroundings, basing its form on a typical agricultural barn and adding a roof that mirrors the site’s topography.<\/p>\n

\"FrontAndy Martin Architects has created Twisted House in Kent<\/p>\n

“The house’s steel and timber superstructure echoes the form of a traditional local Kent blackened barns, blending into its setting across three hectares of picturesque countryside,” said the studio.<\/p>\n

“The end facades are clad in reclaimed chestnut, giving the building a timeless, rustic aesthetic while offsetting the dominant metal-clad elevations,” it added.<\/p>\n

“The roof design mirrors the undulating landscape, creating a sense of movement and harmony between the architecture and its natural surroundings.”<\/p>\n

\"ExteriorIts barn-like form is topped with a curved roof<\/p>\n

A central entry axis divides a garage and facilities block to the north of the site from the main home to the south, which opens into a double-height living, kitchen and dining area.<\/p>\n

In the living space, a large window in the gable end of Twisted House overlooks a newly created 400-square-metre pond, which was introduced to attract local wildlife and birds.<\/p>\n

\"Metal-cladIt features metal-clad elevations<\/p>\n

Folding doors allow the dining area to open onto a terrace to the south, while an area of timber decking that extends out over the pond can be accessed from the home’s garden.<\/p>\n

“The waterside decking allows the family to enjoy cold-water swimming or simply relax in nature,” said Andy Martin Architecture.<\/p>\n

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“This carefully integrated body of water encourages connection with the landscape and provides a retreat-like environment,” the studio added.<\/p>\n

“[It] not only enhances the site’s biodiversity but also contributes to the home’s passive cooling system, using evaporative cooling in tandem with prevailing breezes.”<\/p>\n

\"LivingThe living spaces overlook a pond<\/p>\n

The four bedrooms of Twisted House are organised across its two-storey eastern end, illuminated by corner windows that unite the walls and roof. Alongside them are two bathrooms, a laundry room and a small office space.<\/p>\n

Overhead, the home’s minimalist, white-painted walls and ceilings reflect the gently twisting form of its roof, which rises slightly above the bedroom areas and lowers above the living space.<\/p>\n

\"White-walledThe interiors are defined by minimalist white-painted walls<\/p>\n

Other residential projects in Kent recently featured on Dezeen include the extension of a home with a light-filled garden pavilion by Neil Dusheiko Architects<\/a> and Eight Gables<\/a>, a home by Threefold Architects that puts a modern spin on Tudor architecture.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Lorenzo Zandri<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pitched roof with a subtle curve subverts the otherwise traditional barn-like form of this house in Kent,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":227421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[122852,648,1032,114046,1033,6026,171,6029,897,25017,92915,92916,3470,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-227420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-andy-martin","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-british-houses","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-houses","16":"tag-kent","17":"tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","18":"tag-sectionall","19":"tag-sectionarchitecture","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115205474118046669","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}