Double Concrete House is a project designed by Inter Urban Studios. Shortlisted for Don’t Move, Improve awards 2017, Featured in the Wall Street Journal, George Clarke’s Channel 4 series Ugly House to Lovely House, season 2, episode 2, Top Ten images on Archinect’s Kitchen and Living Spaces Pinterest boards, and featured project in Open House 2017. Photography by Rosangela Borghese and Micah Sarut.

A young couple purchased an un-modernised semi-detached Arts and Crafts-style home to create a new family home in a conservation area.

Keen on both the original features of the house and the textural quality of board-formed concrete, we envisioned a folding plane of concrete that wrapped up, down, and over to sculpt a new kitchen and living area.

We wanted a ‘broken-plan’ approach to the layout rather than either a voluminous open plan with no focus or a series of old-fashioned cellular rooms. By stepping the living area down from the kitchen and using shelving, we created no less than four separate living areas without the use of a single wall.

This exciting concept actually draws upon the traditions of Arts and Crafts to create a modern, hand-crafted extension that refers to the host structure whilst presenting an unapologetic of-its-time design.