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Twin Houses, Kingston
upon Thames wins approval
12 Mar 2008
Terry Pawson Architects has received planning permission for a development
of 2 new private houses in the Coombe Hill Conservation Area of Kingston
upon Thames.The practice was granted planning permission following appeal,
after the scheme for Q Developments was refused planning permission last
summer, despite positive feedback from the Kingston Design Review Panel.

The new development is sited on the plot of an existing private house
dating from the
1950s. Two new interlocking houses, each with its own central courtyard,
have been sited around a number of mature trees already on the site, creating
a carefully designed composition within the verdant character of the area.

The 6000 sqft houses are designed to symmetrically reflect one another
and are slightly staggered on the gradient of the site. Internally, rooms
are positioned around a central courtyard which brings light to the lower
ground floor. The ground floor is devoted to family life and entertainment,
private bedrooms are located on the first floor and guest bedrooms in
the lower ground floor facing into the courtyard.

Planning permission was originally refused on the basis of the buildings
incongruous
appearance, mass and bulk in relation to the surrounding conservation
area. The scheme has been strongly supported by the Kingston Design Review
Panel who said:
We find the concept, to insert two brilliantly conceived modernist
houses into mature
landscape adds something to the character of diverse building styles and
different
appeals found in the Conservation Area. We thought the proposal suggests
a site
spacing hierarchy that both retains the feeling of spaciousness in the
area and within the site around the houses. We feel the buildings have
a coherence and elegance that route deeply into the landscape and enhances
the character of the Conservation Area. We see no ill, aesthetic effect
on the neighbouring houses, nor any overlooking issue.
Terry Pawson Architects are delighted with the final outcome. The development
is
scheduled to go on site summer 2008.

Kingston upon Thames Houses - Credits
Client: Q Developments
Architects: Terry Pawson Architects
Design team: Terry Pawson and Gustav Ader
Structural Engineers: Elliott Wood Partnership
Kingston upon
Thames house : Terry Pawson Architects
Contemporary London Properties:
Brick House London
- Stirling Prize nominee 2006
Long House
Murray Mews houses
London houses : 42
& 44 Rochester Place
Stealth House
London houses : Newington
Green

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