Kingston Villa

by Fletcher Crane Architects

Client Private

Award RIBA South East Award 2024 and RIBA South East Project Architect of the Year 2024.

This is an exceptional family home that evidences the outstanding skills of its project architect, working for an engaged and supportive client. Standing in a residential street in Kingston, Surrey, it replaces a bungalow that was on the site when the client bought it with the intention of demolishing and building anew. The architects they entrusted with the project have created a three-storey home of great quality and consistency. Its design is inspired by the features from its suburban built environment – friezes, bays, entrance porticos, and construction approach – reimagined into an architecture of today.

Bold white brickwork is contrasted with bronzed window frames, metalwork panels, and newly planted trees. Inside, interesting interwoven spaces include a partially double-height central hall built of the same high-quality, well-detailed white brick as the exterior, with an open-plan freestanding steel staircase. The project is a great example of attention to detail and close collaboration between client and architect.

Contractor Main Contracts

Structural Engineer Structural Design Studio

Net internal area 195 m²