This modernist two-story residence located in Kingston upon Thames, UK, has been designed in 2018 by Eldridge London.

Description
Eldridge London?s House in Coombe Park, Kingston, is located in a secluded enclave of inter-war suburban bungalows, and takes a markedly contrasting approach to the redevelopment of the site from the pastiche neoclassical neighbours being built nearby.
The client runs a business which creates temporary structures and spaces for sporting events, and has long had an interest in modernism and contemporary design. The opportunity to build his own house offered the potential to ally his enthusiasm for contemporary architecture with a structure of greater permanence and resonance.
Inspired by the sloping landscape and mature oak tree, the House in Coombe Park is a distinctive composition accessed through an open street level allowing the landscape to envelop the building, and maintaining views through to the garden. The main accommodation is below the entrance rotunda at garden level, connected by a staircase to the first floor structure floating above. The surprising appearance of the building is generated from the specifics of its site and context, but allied to a fully functional plan with the owner committing to the architects imaginative contemporary design. Whilst unexpected in appearance, in their unanimous support of the scheme the Kingston Planning Design Review panel described the building as a ?quintessentially ?Coombe? h...