Luke McLaren and Rob Excell have been associates since childhood. They each went on to change into architects and to discovered the award-winning London agency McLaren Excell, members of the Remodelista Architect and Designer Listing. The 2 are daring minimalists: they describe the look they’re after as “a strong simplicity.” However their crew of 14 are additionally specialists in traditional craftsmanship and delicate historic renovations.
Updating this Grade II-listed Excessive Victorian villa in Henley-on-Thames, well-known for its annual rowing regatta, required them to place their full talent set to work. The most important problem was changing an current rear extension that was extensively glazed, double pitched, and, of their phrases, “clashed with the type and interval of the home.” Be part of us for a take a look at the home’s new guise.
Pictures by Rory Gardiner, courtesy of McLaren Excell.