“If you have a lot of glass, you need a fantastic view,” architect Gregory Phillips reflects, and there’s no denying that his own home in London’s Muswell Hill includes both these features.
From the front, the semi-detached house appears traditional, but move to the rear of the property and you’ll discover an incredible open plan living space incorporating seating, dining and kitchen areas, with an entire wall of glazing pulling in the views to the rear garden. Continue Reading…
In my previous post about The Workshop in London’s Camden area, I mentioned not judging a book by its cover and how the same can also be true of properties, and this former coach house at 15A Albert Terrace in Edinburgh is another prime example of this. Although the exterior-versus-interior contrast isn’t quite as dramatic as in The Workshop, if you arrive outside number 15A expecting a quaint mews style house full of character and charm, well, you’re in for a surprise. Continue Reading…
After a week away, it’s great to come back to the Files with a striking looking property and, I have to admit, I was sold on The Corner House the minute I laid eyes on it. There’s just something about that combination of a characterful old building with a sympathetic and contemporary extension – that merging of old and new – that feels interesting and exciting when it’s done well. Continue Reading…
I first came across Paul Archer Design a few years ago with the practice’s project on Cross Street in Islington in London. One striking image of the ‘bridge’ structure that extends from the main body of the house to the garden – a structure that contains a super-minimal kitchen – kept cropping up online, and I must admit my first response when I saw this image was: surely this is a really cool looking architectural rendering of someone’s dream project. Continue Reading…
When you’ve been writing about property for a few years, chances are you’ll see houses or flats coming back onto the market that you’ve already featured, and it’s always interesting to see how different owners have interpreted a space in their own way. Sometimes they’ve made dramatic changes, and sometimes, as with this ground and garden level property at 43 Coates Gardens in Edinburgh’s West End, the original space was so striking and beautifully designed that there was no need to change a thing. Continue Reading…
Arriving outside the entrance to Rachel Green and Andrew Fletcher’s home, which is tucked up a cobbled cul-de-sac of traditional mews houses in Edinburgh’s West End, the first clue that this property might be a bit special is the black gate with its crisply detailed address plate. Continue Reading…
Hello and welcome to Copperline. My name is Fiona Reid and this is my blog about coastal living in Scotland.