Weald House / MailenDesign + Peter Bradford Architects

Weald House by Mailen Design and Peter Bradford Architects is a four-bedroom, new-build house nestled into a verdant plot in Kent, United Kingdom. The two practices have collaborated to create a single-story home which adopts the local vernacular architecture to celebrate surrounding meadows and luxuriant foliage beyond. Long-standing Islington residents, clients Saro Castagna and Alexis Campbell, purchased the plot of land to build a family home. With four adult children and a large extended family, they wanted to move from their London townhouse to a home with sufficient space to host large groups together. The plot was sold with planning permission and an existing scheme that the clients' felt was alien to the rural landscape; a multi-level, ostentatious design that disregarded its natural context and failed to take full advantage of the beautiful meadows and woodland beyond. Saro and Alexis had a clear idea of what they wanted; a low-lying build that respected the surrounding landscape.