Riding House Street hosts an extraordinary breadth of architectural styles. From John Nash?s All Souls church at its most easterly point, the street skips haphazardly from 19th Century terraces to post war commercial buildings; concrete slab structures and 20th Century apartment blocks. The street?s piecemeal aesthetic is unified by the use of brickwork which serves as the façade material of choice, at times so abundant that it forms the road surface. The Interlock absorbs this history and responds by taking the proportions of the neighbouring 19th Century terrace, and recasting its brick façade to create a building of uncertain heritage ? one that is simultaneously historic and contemporary, familiar yet foreign.  Abandoning the traditional dimensions of London brick, a collection of 44 misshapen and seemingly un-stackable clay blocks were developed. 
© Gilbert McCarragher

Architects: Bureau de Change Architects

Location: Fitzrovia, London, United Kingdom

Category: Residential

Area: 300.0 m2

Project Year: 2018

Photographs: Gilbert McCarragher

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