Edinburgh House by Azman Architects, UK

Dining area of Edinburgh House by Azman Architects

(Image credit: Azman Architects)

last updated 25 October 2022

London-based Azman Architects (opens in new tab) have remodelled the interior of this Victorian seaside house in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, transforming it into a striking contemporary home for a family of four

House with the interior walls and floors — Due to the poor condition of the interior walls and floors, the home required a complete overhaul - a useful opportunity to reconfigure the spatial design and natural lighting from scratch

The dining room from the main living area — The ground floor benefits from an airy and bright open plan, impeded only by a subtle row of thin pillars sectioning off the dining room from the main living area

The interior of study room with white walls — The interior is a true study in white, its walls lined with an unobtrusive painted softwood panelling that seamlessly melds into cabinet and cupboard doors. The floor, meanwhile, is coated in handmade Moroccan tiles

The staircase positioned to act as an anchor in the house — 'The staircase was positioned to act as an anchor in the house,' explains Ferhan Azman. 'We highlighted this by installing a roof light above the stairwell to filter daylight to the rear rooms'

The black stair rail with the white walls and floors — The black stair rail provides graphic contrast to the white walls and floors

Light pours in from the top of the house

Master bedroom with bespoke furniture and a patterned wall — The architects added touches of colour with bespoke furniture and a patterned wall in the master bedroom

The corner of the master bedroom with blue chair — Midcentury furniture in the corner of the mast bedroom

The bedroom with white bedlinen and wall — The bedroom looks straight out towards the sea

The master bathroom with white bath tub — A traditional, freestanding bath in the master bathroom

White master bedroom with white wall — The second bedroom

The bathroom with ceiling lights — Another window in the ceiling brings light into the bathroom

Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture Editor at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018) and Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020).