Douglas Fir House / Christian Brailey Architects

Shoehorned into the back of a beautiful Edwardian terraced property, the existing studio was entirely unloved and underwhelming. Every inch of the wall was stained orange by cigarette smoke, the single glazing was falling out of its rotten frames and the whole place was uninsulated. This resulted in high levels of damp and extreme black mold. However, there was an opportunity in this property, which lay in its ‘good bones’ and the abundant, overgrown private garden.