A concrete idea
Homebuilding & Renovating
|February 2022
Limited by their traditional terrace, Scott and Camilla Trindle have added extra room with a modern extension inspired by the Brutalist movement
HOMEOWNERS Scott and Camilla Trindle
LOCATION East London
CONSTRUCTION Pre-cast concrete panels with a steel frame
SIZE 91m2
BUILD TIME Nine months (May 2018 - Jan 2019)
HOUSE COST £700,000
BUILD COST £150,000
VALUE £950,000

Sometimes chance plays its part in even the most carefully planned project. When Scott and Camilla Trindle, who were looking to modernise their Georgian terrace home, were introduced to another recent resident, Stuart Archer, by a neighbour, the chance encounter proved to be a game changer. Stuart, a principal at London-based Archer and Braun Architects, had recently refurbished and extended his own family home, a Georgian terrace in the same area of east London, and the Trindles were impressed by what they saw. So much so they decided to ask Stuart to work with them on the redevelopment of their own home.

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