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British studio Fletcher Crane Architects has completed Kingston House in Richmond, London, creating a contemporary “evolution” of the area’s typical suburban architecture in light brick and metal forms.
Tasked with transforming a dilapidated bungalow on the edge of Richmond Park into a new family home, the Surrey-based studio drew on neighboring buildings to create a simple gabled form.
Fletcher Crane Architects explained: “This new family villa adjacent to Richmond Park aims to develop the historic villa typology and inject character and quality into the architecture of a typical suburban streetscape.”
“The resulting detached houses are inspired by different historical features within the quality built environment; friezes, bays, entrance porches and building methods – representative of the architecture of the time,” it continued.
Kingston House faces the street, with a metal canopy at the front shielding its entrance. It is located below the gable end, which is constructed of light textured brickwork.
The entrance route leads past two smaller lounge and study spaces into the living, dining and kitchen space, centered around a double-height seating area and fireplace, overlooked by a metal and timber staircase.
In these living and circulation areas, internal finishes echo those of the exterior, with exposed brick walls, tiled floors and dark woodwork giving the spaces a “heavy and quiet” quality.
At the rear of the house, full-height windows face the park and are finished with alternating deep recessed and protruding metal window treatments that subtly animate the facade.
On the ground floor, sliding glass doors open to a sunken paved terrace, which leads to the garden beyond.
“Bold white brick walls contrast with bronze window frames, metalwork panels and tree planting,” explained the studio.
It added: “The building is heavy yet quiet, with emphasis placed on emphasizing the superb location and panoramic views of the park.”
The house’s bedrooms are located on the first and second floors, overlooking the front of the house through metal-framed corner windows and illuminated by a roof skylight.
In these areas, the richly textured finishes of the living spaces are replaced by simple white walls and wooden floors, contrasting with the bedrooms, which are decorated with red and green tiles.
Fletcher Crane Architects was founded in Kingston upon Thames in 2010 by Toby Fletcher and Ian Crane.
The studio, which often seeks contemporary interpretations of traditional British architecture, has previously used a nearby church and historic residence to create a home overlooking the River Thames in Buckinghamshire.
Photography is by Lorenzo Zandri.
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