Three Gardens

by Edgley Design 

Client Private 

Award RIBA London Award 2023 

On a brownfield site formerly occupied by dilapidated garages, the rich yet compact 82sqm single-bedroom house and artists’ studio were designed to frame and also provide views out to the plot’s three distinct garden spaces. The building’s single-storey presence on the street is a skilful game of architectural languages – a blend of brick garden wall and lightweight garden shed set around a playful slither of defensible space found in Victorian terraces. This enables it to be both distinctive and contextual, the front of a building and simultaneously the side street of an urban block.

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

Contractor Origami Frog 

Structural Engineer Morph Structures 

Interior Curation, Design and Fit Out Kati and Nigel Massey 

Bespoke Tile Artist Robert Dawson 

Approved Inspector BBS Building Control Ltd 

CDM Consultant Goddard Consulting 

Internal gross area 85 m2