Jeddo Road Housing in Acton
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Jeddo Road Housing in Acton
Building Conversion in London, England – design by Inglis Badrashi Loddo Architects
3 Apr 2018
Jeddo Road Housing
Design: Inglis Badrashi Loddo Architects
Location: South Acton, London, England, UK
Jeddo Road Housing
photo © David Grandorge
Inglis Badrashi Loddo Architects (IBLA) have converted and extended a former Victorian laundry site in West London in to a set of mixed-use contemporary buildings, compromising of two mews homes, seven flats and a new office.
photo © David Grandorge
Situated in an area of South Acton formerly known as ?Soapsuds Island? due to the prevalence of laundries and washhouses that dominated the neighbourhood, the Jeddo Road project is rooted in this locality.
photo © The Modern House
Totalling 1100 sqm in size and built for £2.6m, IBLA?s skilfull refurbishment preserves the site?s colourful history and original features, with extensive new additions purposefully built to visually grow out of the original in a clean and contemporary way. The original buildings comprised a house (no.69) and part of the former Jeddo Works building (no.67), each dating from the 1870?s. IBLA made the decision to return back to the Victorian elements and remove the poor quality 20th century additions.
photo © The Modern House
The double-height rusticated arches of Jeddo Works were carefully stripped of white paintwork to expose their deep r...
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