This house, one of the renowned architect Paul Archer’s most celebrated projects, takes a simple 1960s building on a beautiful third of an acre plot (approx) and adds a spectacular contemporary space, attached by a short glass link.
History
The Rowledge project has been widely published and Paul Archer has written a text that describes the new elements of the Rowledge project as being "based on a barn like structure."
He goes on to add:
" It is one simple volume made from a timber balloon frame, and clad in timber. This idea is emphasised by the use of black vertical boarding, picking up on a common agricultural aesthetic in the area....
The new form runs at 90 degrees to the original house, running east/west. This continued the theme of the house being in the centre of the plot surrounded by garden and we enjoyed giving the new structure a number of different aspects.
On the south side is a small enclosed terrace for sitting out in the mornings opening from the kitchen (with the window acting as a serving hatch from the work area) and on the west corner, another terrace for sitting out in the evenings, opening from the living space. These are quite different in feeling and offer quite different views and sense of enclosure."
Further details of the project can be found in the book 'Paul Archer: Old to New' (ISBN 978-0-9573903-0-0)
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