Trish House by Matthew Heywood Architects, UK

London-based architect Matthew Heywood's first residential project in the village of Yalding, evokes both the traditional black and white colour scheme of the surrounding Kentish oast houses, and the seafront of the Hamptons in the US

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Monochromatic approach — Trish House's clean, monochromatic approach is a bold example of contemporary clapboard in a rural location

A dramatic floating staircase with glass balustrades rises from the house's expansive open plan reception room

Upper storeys — The window's cut through lines on the ground and upper storeys mimic the angle and rake of the trees that surround the site

Modernist kitchen — In the modernist kitchen the rich quality of natural light is accentuated by simple fittings and plain wooden floors

The living space outside — The kitchen opens up with floor-to-ceiling doors that take the living space outside

The angular fa&ccedil;ade — The angular façade, slashed windows and stark colour schemes of the Trish House could never be mistaken for a traditional Kentish 'black and white house' (named for the juxtaposition of black beams and white render), even though the façade is clad in black and white weatherboarded panels

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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director 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), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).