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Trish House by Matthew Heywood Architects, UK

Trish House by Matthew Heywood Architects, UK

Architecture / 5 Nov 2013

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

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

   

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

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

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

Five bedrooms and a study are located upstairs, all benefiting from irregularly shaped floor-to-ceiling windows that create feature walls within

 

Five bedrooms and a study are located upstairs, all benefiting from irregularly shaped floor-to-ceiling windows that create feature walls within

 

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

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

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

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

Surfaces are as paired back as possible; matt white contrasting with the sheen of the kitchen's chrome appliances and stove top

Surfaces are as paired back as possible; matt white contrasting with the sheen of the kitchen's chrome appliances and stove top

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

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

Throughout the property Heywood has wrung a new approach out of the classic modernist box, twisting form to reflect context without compromising space or quality

Throughout the property Heywood has wrung a new approach out of the classic modernist box, twisting form to reflect context without compromising space or quality

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

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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