| Client Architect Image Credits |
Private Gregory Phillips Architects Mel Yates and Darren Chung |
Awards | RIBA Award The Sunday Times British Homes Award: Bespoke Luxury Living The Sunday Times British Homes Award: Interior Design Award The International Property Award for Best Interior Design The International Design and Architecture Award for Best House in Europe |
Bishops Close is a new-build contemporary 900sqm detached house set within a 12-acre site adjacent to the River Thames in Berkshire. The brief was to create a family home incorporating a number of internal and external recreational spaces and facilities such as gym, play rooms, external swimming pool and sports facilities. The house is made up of generously-proportioned spaces surrounding a flint-walled inner-courtyard linked by galleried corridors faced with oak wall panelling.
The formal entrance is made by crossing an enclosed reflecting pool leading into a double-height space, from here the building is predominantly glazed to face the far-reaching north-western views with terracing at each level. Fluid relationships between indoors and outdoors are maintained via glass sliding doors that open out onto the garden. We provided mechanical and electrical services for the project.
