Southwark Brick House

by Satish Jassal Architects 

Client Private 

Award RIBA London Award 2023 

The sunken, brick and timber three-bedroom house is located on a difficult brownfield backland site in Southwark. The house is in the Thorburn Square conservation area on the site of a former garage. After acquiring the site, the architect and client embarked on an iterative design process which resulted in the 126sqm house being sunk into the ground by just over one storey. The creative, problem-solving mindset of the team delivered an intriguing project whose joyful quirky character has turned massing and daylight constraints into a design opportunity.  

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

Contractor PK Construction London 

Structural Engineer Rodrigues Associates 

Environmental / M&E Engineer Watt Energy & Consulting Engineers 

Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant Base Quantum 

Project Management Satish Jassal Architects 

Internal gross area 126 m2