Lant Street
LANT STREET
Dow Jones Architects
ARCHITECTS
Dow Jones Architects
LOCATION
United Kingdom
YEAR
2009
CATEGORY
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A great factory reconversion by British practice Dow Jones Architects with a great mixture of brick, wood and concrete.
The project involved the conversion of the top two floors of a Victorian former clog-making factory into a home for a filmmaker.
It makes somewhere in the city from which to withdraw from a busy working life, and a place of reflection which takes advantage of the wonderful city views around it.
The existing roof structure is removed and replaced with two steel and timber box girders, big enough to be habitable, which span the brick walls and create a new horizon at roof level.
As well as supporting the new roof, the girders provide an organisational structure, creating a territory of enclosure and screening.
The space formed inside one girder is a rooftop ʻthinking roomʼ, with views across the terrace and the city beyond.
