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Flatiron House in Fitzrovia

New Central London Home: Fitzrovia Property Development design by Form Studio, England, UK

4 Feb 2016

Flatiron House Fitzrovia, London

Design: Form Studio

Location: off Oxford Street, Fitzrovia, London, UK

Flatiron House – Fitzrovia Home

FORMstudio’s Flatiron House makes a virtue of a redundant and impractical office building in central London, transforming it into a home described as ‘a staircase with rooms’.

The house is located just off Oxford Street in London’s Fitzrovia district. Its small triangular footprint means that only one principal room occupies each of the house’s five floors, which is topped by a roof terrace. Each space is vertically linked by the signature staircase.

Its white acrylic balustrade falls through the house like a twisted ribbon, framing the 14 metre view from the glass roof to the basement, and giving an unexpected sense of scale.

At street level, the previous shopfront has been replaced with a curved window which follows the prowlike shape of the building. Above it, a curved perforated white acrylic screen allows light into the interior space while maintaining privacy. The previously damp vault has been transformed into a wine cellar and media room beneath the street.

Flatiron House – Building Information

Approx. floor area: 153sqm (1647sq.ft.)
Architects: FORMstudio
Client: KRT Developments
Soft furnishings: Elizabeth Bowman Ltd.
Landscaping & planting: Bloomingbells
Quantity surveyors & CDM Consultants: PT Projects
M&E Consultant: Milieu Consult
Structural Engineer: Price & Myers
Building Control: Butler & Young Ltd
Fire Consultants: BWC Fire Limited
Main Contractor: 3 Interior Contracts Ltd

Flatiron House in Fitzrovia – Fitzrovia Apartments image / information from Form Studio

Location: Fitzrovia, London, England, UK

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