Contemporary Apartment Block In London With Bow Windows and Brick Facades

By Simona Ganea | Published on Aug 3, 2020

The Birdcage Conservation Surface area which is situated close to Buckingham Palace in London is a beautiful area with lots of traditional row houses and Victorian mansions that give it an old but well kept and historic vibe. It's here that a new residential block was erected in 2017. Information technology was a project developed past studio Name Compages and it has a very interesting aesthetic. On one hand this is a very sculptural and contemporary-looking structure but on the other hand, it was designed in relation to its context and manages to blend in surprisingly well. The building is comprised of 28 apartments and three townhouses which gives it a nice degree of diversity and allows it to play with different heights, shapes and differentiation.

The building occupies a corner plot and is framed by two streets right along the sides

The curved windows stick out and give the facades an undulating shape and an asymmetrical look

The flat building has a bold artful, featuring all sorts of concave and convex surfaces that complement each other and help to shape the building in a way that'south intriguing without making it stand up out too much. Every bit a general dominion, the idea behind this blueprint was to create a contemporary interpretation of typical traditional English architecture and to accept inspiration from all the neighboring structures just too to make this unit unique and different from the residuum. There'due south besides a sustainable side to this project. This residential block has living roofs and solar panels for added free energy-efficiency.