Steeped in greenery, as was the mid-century way, Provost Court lies in Chalk Farm, between the even bigger verdant expanses of Hampstead Heath to the north and Regent’s Park to the south. That it was built in the 1970s comes as no surprise – banks of elongated vertical windows punctuate its profile, allowing for big views of the aforementioned greenery in almost every room of this apartment. Immersive and seasonally shifting, the outlook peers into mature leafy canopies – it's like living in a grown-up treehouse.

Colour reigns in this characterful house on Span’s Strawberry Hill Estate, one of the company’s most celebrated projects. Bubblegum pink has been used in the rear reception room, a shade that glows in the light that ripples in through glazed doors to a private, south-facing garden. In the kitchen, a mint green vinyl floor is a clever counterpoint to the original woodblock flooring. Its spirited decorative approach chimes with the vibrancy of the surrounding communal grounds, which are Grade II-listed for their embodiment of Span’s “holistic approach” to planning, architecture and nature.

This smart and slender house cuts a decidedly modern profile amid its red-brick Arts and Crafts neighbours in Twickenham. Its wide windows – often ceiling-to-floor and wall-to-wall – capture picturesque views over its tumbling garden and the River Crane, a restoratively rural outlook that belies its easy distance into central London. Inside, the spaces have been appointed with a series of crisp neutral colours that allow its period integrity to take centre stage.

Designed by Georgie Wolton, one of the founding members of British architectural firm, Team 4, Cliff Road Studios is an attention-demanding presence in Camden with a commitment to geometric forms and icing-white frontage. This studio/office lies on the second floor and has been kept largely in its original mid-century condition, with swathes of sliding windows and a balcony with views over Camden Mews. Previously used as an artist’s studio (unsurprising, given its painterly quality of light), the space awaits its next iteration and reimagination.

One of London’s best-kept mid-century secrets, Corringham is hidden in plain sight in the centre of Bayswater, minutes from Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. The building was designed by modernist titan Kenneth Frampton, whose utility-led approach resulted in an ingenious split-level ‘scissor’ configuration that maximises volume, space and light. This apartment, on the eighth and ninth floors of the building, exercises all three: its two-storey structure creates a distinction between sleeping and social spaces, while its inverted layout manages to balance far-reaching views with privacy and seclusion.

Our second Span-designed entry takes us southeast to Blackheath’s exceedingly peaceful Cator Estate. The building was built in 1963 and its present owners – only the third to have ever owned it – have taken pains to uphold its mid-century ethos while integrating a clever contemporary slant. Exquisite new materials, including a particularly impressive slab of Italian terrazzo in the kitchen, have been chosen for their resonance with the original palette still in situ. No celebration of Span is complete without a nod to its shared gardens, which here are filled with a variety of stately trees and a bronze sculpture by FE McWilliam.