Claudio Silvestrin’s Cannon Lane House in Hampstead
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Designed by architect Claudio Silvestrin for developer Gary Giessing, Cannon Lane house was built on a constrained site and faced important planning stipulations, without lacking in amenities.From the basement pool and spa, past a multi-level garden by ChelseClaudio Silvestrin’s Cannon Lane House in Hampstead
Designed by architect Claudio Silvestrin for developer Gary Giessing, Cannon Lane house was built on a constrained site and faced important planning stipulations, without lacking in amenities.From the basement pool and spa, past a multi-level garden by Chelsea gold medalist Chris Beardshaw, all the way up to the rooftop bedroom with city skyline views, the house is an epitome of high-end contemporary residential design.The local council’s demand for a brick façade and continuity has resulted in a stealthy dwelling at street level. Stone, oak, and bronze form the core of the house with the Bolzano-sourced stone giving the interiors a carved, cave-like quality. Biscuit-colored stone surfaces feature in each room, lining corridors, curving around the stairwell, and tinting the water in the basement pool, bringing about a continuous calming aesthetic to the whole house. The stone, laid by Italian artisans without using grout, has a pleasing visual echo of the tower of Christ Church Hampstead, which is visible from the upper terraces.“We always go over and above on specification, but with Claudio, we’ve created a work of art as well,” said Giessing, noted Wallpaper. Read more