{"id":39715,"date":"2019-03-21T14:54:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T14:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/?p=39715"},"modified":"2019-03-21T14:54:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T14:54:01","slug":"cornerstone-house-by-merrett-houmoller-architects-in-london-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/cornerstone-house-by-merrett-houmoller-architects-in-london-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-39715 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Cornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-39716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-full-width=\"800\" data-full-height=\"533\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-39716'>\n\t\t\t\tCornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Cornerstone House project is an extensive refurbishment, rear extension and landscaping works to o large terraced house in North London. Responding to a brief to modernise the historic house, Merrett Houm\u00f8ller has reorganised the domestic layout and removed floors and walls. The project aims to mediate between the distinctive character of the existing house, and the new extension.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-39715 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Cornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-39717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_2-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_2-768x794.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_2-750x775.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-full-width=\"800\" data-full-height=\"827\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-39717'>\n\t\t\t\tCornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em>\u201cCreating visual connections between rooms was important for this young family. Carving out walls and windows in the home\u2019s new interconnected and layered spaces work both for practical purposes and to create a sense of dynamism throughout a once stale period property. Rooms are visually linked but physically separated, letting in light and visual movement, yet retaining privacy and spatial divides.\u201d<\/em> says Robert Houm\u00f8ller, director of Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-39715 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Cornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-39718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_3-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_3-768x925.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_3-750x904.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-full-width=\"800\" data-full-height=\"964\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-39718'>\n\t\t\t\tCornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Cooking, dining and living spaces have moved to the basement floor, while bedrooms and living areas are on the ground and first floors. The ground and lower-ground floors are connected visually through a newly cut out mezzanine, with a timber and black steel staircase inserted between the two. The kitchen sits level with a garden beside an enclosed dining area which has views out through an oriel window.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-39715 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"865\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Cornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-39719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_4-332x359.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_4-664x718.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_4-688x744.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_4-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_4-768x830.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_4-750x811.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-full-width=\"800\" data-full-height=\"865\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-39719'>\n\t\t\t\tCornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The first floor is accessed via the refurbished Edwardian central staircase. Elsewhere doorways, windows and stairs are lined with black steel or painted timber, designed as a \u2018nod to Edwardian design restraint\u2019. The scheme also includes two home working spaces, one in the basement and the other in a rubber-clad cabin at the rear of the garden.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-39715 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Cornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-39720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_5-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_5-768x919.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_5-750x897.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-full-width=\"800\" data-full-height=\"957\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-39720'>\n\t\t\t\tCornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em>\u201cMarking tension between the existing Edwardian house and the new addition was important to us. Using different materials but applying them in the recurring chevron pattern allows the old and the new to have distinct identities but for the whole house to read as one entity.\u201d<\/em> says Robert Houm\u00f8ller.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-39715 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"966\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Cornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-39721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_6-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_6-768x927.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_6-750x906.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-full-width=\"800\" data-full-height=\"966\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-39721'>\n\t\t\t\tCornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Cornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-39722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_7-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_7-768x951.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_7-750x929.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-full-width=\"800\" data-full-height=\"991\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-39722'>\n\t\t\t\tCornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Cornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-39723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_8-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_8-768x876.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_8-750x856.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-full-width=\"800\" data-full-height=\"913\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-39723'>\n\t\t\t\tCornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Cornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-39724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_9.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_9-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_9-768x869.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_9-750x848.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-full-width=\"800\" data-full-height=\"905\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-39724'>\n\t\t\t\tCornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Cornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-39725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_10.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_10-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_10-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_10-750x921.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-full-width=\"800\" data-full-height=\"982\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-39725'>\n\t\t\t\tCornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Cornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-39726\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Cornerstone House by Merrett Houm\u00f8ller Architects in London, United Kingdom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-39727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_12.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_12-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_12-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_12-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cornerstone_house_in_london_12-750x751.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" 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