Spruce House and Studio

by ao-ft 

 Client Private 

Award RIBA London Award 2023 and RIBA National Award 2023 (sponsored by Forterra)

Spruce House and Studio is a new-build home and self-contained design studio constructed from cross-laminated timber (CLT) on an infill site in the Walthamstow Village Conservation Area. On what was once the village high street, the house is adjoined by different typologies that have transitioned from retail spaces into homes over the past century. The façade is reimagined as a shopfront, with the ground floor fully glazed behind slatted timber shuttering. This distinctive design feature continues into the interior with a series of slatted privacy screens offering glimpses through the house to the garden beyond. 

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.

Contractor PSS London 

Environmental / M&E Engineer MES Building Solutions 

Structural Engineer Entuitive 

Landscape Architect Meeuwsen Muldoon 

Fire Consultant IFC Group Fire Consultants 

CLT Contractor ConstruktCLT 

Groundworks Contractor Axel Keating 

Staircase Contractor Industrial Projects/James Green  

Internal area 132 m2 (gross)