Aberdeen Lane, Highbury
| Client Architect Image Credits |
Private Azman Architects Keith Collie |
Awards | RIBA London Award Manser Medal Nomination AJ First New Build Nomination |
The new house on Aberdeen Lane is a courtyard house made up of simple textured volumes to create a new secluded family home. The starting point for the structure was the notion of two interlocking cubes of internally and externally exposed reinforced concrete, entirely open along one side. On the ground floor, the principal spaces open on to the main garden through storey height glazing, while the offsetting of the two cubes on plan leaves a small secluded garden space to the north-east, immediately outside the study. On the first floor the long landing corridor is top-lit, wide enough to be lined with shelving for the clients' extensive book collection. Windows of the upper-floor rooms facing the courtyard garden, part visible over the garden wall behind horizontal timber louvres. We provided all mechanical and electrical services including soil waste and ventilation, water, heating and lighting design.
