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Elm Tree Road
Location
St. John’s Wood, London
Year
2007
Architect
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
This private house in St John’s Wood is arranged on two floors, with an indoor air-conditioned swimming pool and partial basement for plant and storage.
Designed with cantilever corners and double height flexible spaces, the structure employs a steel frame with precast concrete floors for sound insulation.
The pitched roof is steel and timber incorporating a clerestory propped off the lower roof
