Minimal UK compact home uses glass, plywood, steel, concrete
On an abandoned lot in South London, architect Carl Turner and his minimalist wife Mary Martin created a new type of terrace house that, in contrast to its Victorian neighbors, resembles stacked glass cubes. Occupying most of a small plot in Brixton, Slip House is one of the UK s most sustainable homes, but it s not all windmills and solar panels, instead the three slipped (cantilevered) box forms create an ultramodern exterior and a calm, zenlike, openspaced interior. The cement and steel structure
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