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On the site of a two-bedroom house built of dark engineering bricks with a roof of cement tiles architect Robert Dye created a four -bedroom three-bedroom house of timber –frame construction. His design solution was simple yet ingenious. From the street it looks like a two storey house with a grey pitched roof- but this is where the ingenuity comes in for the monopitch roof hides a third storey with a double bedroom and an ensuite bathroom opening on to a hidden flat roof. With stressed plywood panels to allow for the double cantilever at the corners, and clad in black stained Russian redwood with a grey mineralised –felt mansard roof the house has a gross internal area of 200 sq metres ( 2,153 sq ft) with a limestone –paved patio and Japanese pool garden at the back. In awarding this the 2005 Manser Medal for the best one –off house designed by an architect for a private client the panel of judges enthused: “It provides a lesson to suburban house builders in how to get much more than expected from a standard plot. Ii shows that doing things in a non-conventional way can produce buildings of quality without high cost.” Photography: Sue Barr/ View (07770 872996) and Robert Dye
ARCHITECT:
Robert Dye Associates
Address: Unit A2
Linton house
39-51 Highgate Road
London
NW1 1RS
U.K.
Tel: 020 7267 9388
Fax: 0207 267 9345
Website: www.robertdye.com
