The
new owners of this large elegant house in Chelsea in London were
moving from a house that had had a more traditional
garden and as they already had a cottage in the country,
they wanted to create two outside spaces, one at ground
floor level and the second on the roof, which were easy
to maintain, contemporary in feel and good for entertaining.
The courtyard of the house had a number of design
challenges: it would be seen mainly from above, namely
the formal drawing room on the first floor, but still
had to have access from the owners' teenage sons' rooms
on the ground floor; it was quite dark and dank; the
rear retaining flank wall of courtyard was prone to
damp and moisture; and it was overlooked at the rear
where, to compound the issue, the ground was much higher. |
