Archmongers

For our latest Homing In film, @matt_gibberd drops in on Johan Hybschmann, the co-founder of @archmongers , and Anita Freeman at Elemental House, their reimagined 1970s home in Hackney. Reconstructed with a minimal material palette and furnished with nods to Johan’s Danish heritage, Matt discovers a place of connectedness and retreat. Click the link in bio to watch the full film.

Oakfield Terrace is a two-storey 1950s terraced house on the Dulwich Wood Park Estate, the first of the developments designed by Austin Vernon & Partners. The L-shaped house was reworked through a full refurbishment and modest extension, and the project focuses on reconnecting the house to its garden and clarifying relationships between previously fragmented living spaces. The removal of an existing rear extension opens the ground floor to the garden, while a new extension into a small side courtyard creates a generous kitchen and dining space. Internal connections are reconfigured to improve flow across the plan, allowing the house to be read as a sequence of linked spaces rather than separate rooms. Structural elements are deliberately exposed, with glue-laminated timber joists and steel columns left visible to reveal the material makeup of the building. A comprehensive thermal upgrade includes full insulation to the floor and roof, while first-floor bedrooms are opened up to the roof rafters to increase volume and light. Photography a by @clickclickjim #archmongers #architects #london #architecture #residential #extension #londonextension #materiality #craft #themodernhouse #londonarchitecture #interiordesign #interiors #britishdesign #design #dezeen #dezeenarwards #dontmoveimprove #ribajournal @fosterstructures

Oakfield Terrace is a two-storey 1950s terraced house on the Dulwich Wood Park Estate, the first of the developments designed by Austin Vernon & Partners. The L-shaped house was reworked through a full refurbishment and modest extension, and the project focuses on reconnecting the house to its garden and clarifying relationships between previously fragmented living spaces. The removal of an existing rear extension opens the ground floor to the garden, while a new extension into a small side courtyard creates a generous kitchen and dining space. Internal connections are reconfigured to improve flow across the plan, allowing the house to be read as a sequence of linked spaces rather than separate rooms. Structural elements are deliberately exposed, with glue-laminated timber joists and steel columns left visible to reveal the material makeup of the building. A comprehensive thermal upgrade includes full insulation to the floor and roof, while first-floor bedrooms are opened up to the roof rafters to increase volume and light. Photography a by @clickclickjim #archmongers #architects #london #architecture #residential #extension #londonextension #materiality #craft #themodernhouse #londonarchitecture #interiordesign #interiors #britishdesign #design #dezeen #dezeenarwards #dontmoveimprove #ribajournal @fosterstructures

Oakfield Terrace is a two-storey 1950s terraced house on the Dulwich Wood Park Estate, the first of the developments designed by Austin Vernon & Partners. The L-shaped house was reworked through a full refurbishment and modest extension, and the project focuses on reconnecting the house to its garden and clarifying relationships between previously fragmented living spaces. The removal of an existing rear extension opens the ground floor to the garden, while a new extension into a small side courtyard creates a generous kitchen and dining space. Internal connections are reconfigured to improve flow across the plan, allowing the house to be read as a sequence of linked spaces rather than separate rooms. Structural elements are deliberately exposed, with glue-laminated timber joists and steel columns left visible to reveal the material makeup of the building. A comprehensive thermal upgrade includes full insulation to the floor and roof, while first-floor bedrooms are opened up to the roof rafters to increase volume and light. Photography a by @clickclickjim #archmongers #architects #london #architecture #residential #extension #londonextension #materiality #craft #themodernhouse #londonarchitecture #interiordesign #interiors #britishdesign #design #dezeen #dezeenarwards #dontmoveimprove #ribajournal @fosterstructures

Oakfield Terrace is a two-storey 1950s terraced house on the Dulwich Wood Park Estate, the first of the developments designed by Austin Vernon & Partners. The L-shaped house was reworked through a full refurbishment and modest extension, and the project focuses on reconnecting the house to its garden and clarifying relationships between previously fragmented living spaces. The removal of an existing rear extension opens the ground floor to the garden, while a new extension into a small side courtyard creates a generous kitchen and dining space. Internal connections are reconfigured to improve flow across the plan, allowing the house to be read as a sequence of linked spaces rather than separate rooms. Structural elements are deliberately exposed, with glue-laminated timber joists and steel columns left visible to reveal the material makeup of the building. A comprehensive thermal upgrade includes full insulation to the floor and roof, while first-floor bedrooms are opened up to the roof rafters to increase volume and light. Photography a by @clickclickjim #archmongers #architects #london #architecture #residential #extension #londonextension #materiality #craft #themodernhouse #londonarchitecture #interiordesign #interiors #britishdesign #design #dezeen #dezeenarwards #dontmoveimprove #ribajournal @fosterstructures

Tylney Avenue is a three-storey 1960s terraced townhouse on The Dulwich Estate. The project balances restoration with strategic interventions to improve thermal performance, spatial connection and material expression. Original Sapele elements, including the first-floor flooring, balustrade and rear facade are carefully restored and integrated into the new scheme. On the ground floor, a poured concrete floor extends from interior to exterior, reinforcing continuity between inside and out. The internal materiality of the house is selectively exposed to introduce grain and texture. Photography by @megantaylorphoto #archmongers #architects #london #architecture #residential @fosterstructures

Tylney Avenue is a three-storey 1960s terraced townhouse on The Dulwich Estate. The project balances restoration with strategic interventions to improve thermal performance, spatial connection and material expression. Original Sapele elements, including the first-floor flooring, balustrade and rear facade are carefully restored and integrated into the new scheme. On the ground floor, a poured concrete floor extends from interior to exterior, reinforcing continuity between inside and out. The internal materiality of the house is selectively exposed to introduce grain and texture. Photography by @clickclickjim #archmongers #architects #london #architecture #residential #extension #londonextension #materiality #craft #themodernhouse #londonarchitecture #interiordesign #interiors #britishdesign #design #dezeen #dezeenarwards #dontmoveimprove #ribajournal @fosterstructures

Tylney Avenue is a three-storey 1960s terraced townhouse on The Dulwich Estate. The project balances restoration with strategic interventions to improve thermal performance, spatial connection and material expression. Original Sapele elements, including the first-floor flooring, balustrade and rear facade are carefully restored and integrated into the new scheme. On the ground floor, a poured concrete floor extends from interior to exterior, reinforcing continuity between inside and out. The internal materiality of the house is selectively exposed to introduce grain and texture. Photography by @clickclickjim #archmongers #architects #london #architecture #residential #extension #londonextension #materiality #craft #themodernhouse #londonarchitecture #interiordesign #interiors #britishdesign #design #dezeen #dezeenarwards #dontmoveimprove #ribajournal @fosterstructures

Tylney Avenue is a three-storey 1960s terraced townhouse on The Dulwich Estate. The project balances restoration with strategic interventions to improve thermal performance, spatial connection and material expression. Original Sapele elements, including the first-floor flooring, balustrade and rear facade are carefully restored and integrated into the new scheme. On the ground floor, a poured concrete floor extends from interior to exterior, reinforcing continuity between inside and out. The internal materiality of the house is selectively exposed to introduce grain and texture. Photography by @clickclickjim #archmongers #architects #london #architecture #residential #extension #londonextension #materiality #craft #themodernhouse #londonarchitecture #interiordesign #interiors #britishdesign #design #dezeen #dezeenarwards #dontmoveimprove #ribajournal @fosterstructures

Little Brownings II 2025 is a ‘two-storey plus’ 1960s terraced townhouse on The Dulwich Estate in Forest Hill, refurbished and extended to create a more connected and light-filled family home. Photographs by @megantaylorphoto #archmongers #architects #london #architecture #residential #extension #londonextension #materiality #craft #themodernhouse #londonarchitecture #interiordesign #interiors #britishdesign #design #dezeen #dezeenarwards #dontmoveimprove #ribajournal @fosterstructures

Little Brownings II 2025 is a ‘two-storey plus’ 1960s terraced townhouse on The Dulwich Estate in Forest Hill, refurbished and extended to create a more connected and light-filled family home. Photographs by @megantaylorphoto #archmongers #architects #london #architecture #residential #extension #londonextension #materiality #craft #themodernhouse #londonarchitecture #interiordesign #interiors #britishdesign #design #dezeen #dezeenarwards #dontmoveimprove #ribajournal @fosterstructures

Little Brownings II 2025 is a ‘two-storey plus’ 1960s terraced townhouse on The Dulwich Estate in Forest Hill, refurbished and extended to create a more connected and light-filled family home. Photographs by @megantaylorphoto #archmongers #architects #london #architecture #residential #extension #londonextension #materiality #craft #themodernhouse #londonarchitecture #interiordesign #interiors #britishdesign #design #dezeen #dezeenarwards #dontmoveimprove #ribajournal @fosterstructures