Bough Terrace

Project Info

Celebrating timber in colour, texture, age, form, function and structure, this enchanting project transforms a Victorian townhouse and reveals intriguing insight into the building’s history.

With a commitment to retain as much of the existing timber lattice interior structure as possible, the house has been stripped back to its bare bones, revealing the tactile character and imperfections of its timber floor joists and roof trusses.

Throughout, the existing gnarled and textural timber structure has been married with new solid timber, which by contrast is sharp and precise. A singular trunk-like post on the lower-ground floor stems upwards and outwards, with new and old wood extending through the layers of the house-like branches, culminating in a plywood canopy on the top ceiling.

\Built by bespoke shipbuilders, a curved staircase has been made from hand-folded plywood and stained midnight blue. Cleverly hiding its fixtures, the stair seems to levitate, creating a dramatic and ethereal transition to the upper floor, where dark roof trusses contrast strikingly with the ply ceiling