Lift Up House
- Location: Hoxton Street, London
- Client: Mr & Mrs G Rowland
- Date: 2004 – 2006
- Value: £220,000
Lift-up house was identified by Stephen Bayley in the Independent as being one of the “50 great ideas for the 21st century” (The Independent on Sunday, 6th August 2006).
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The project is a new 100sq.m two-bed apartment on the roof of an industrial building in Hoxton, London. The client has his offices in the building and wanted an apartment above.
We consider it a contemporary interpretation of the weavers’ lofts that are very evident in the area. On the street side it is set back behind a parapet and to the other side it cantilevers over a courtyard. It is a simple pavilion of classical proportions.
The design plays with light and transparency by using a skin of Reglit U-profile glass that is sometimes opaque with wall behind, sometimes translucent and sometimes punched for windows. A translucent glass screen over the sliding door can be closed at night for increasing privacy.
![Lift-Up House 02](https://www.mae.co.uk/assets/images/general/_w1400/Lift-Up_House_02.jpg)
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