Gregory Phillips Architects
When the Better Possibility Becomes Home
Gregory Phillips Architects design remarkable new houses and transform existing homes. Major extensions and refurbishments, with architecture, interiors and landscape considered together.
When our clients first approached us, they wanted to extend and remodel their existing home in Radlett. After exploring its potential, we gave them unexpected advice: rather than compromise, find another property that could become the home they really wanted.
Six months later they returned, having bought a nearby property with planning permission for a replacement house. Working with that opportunity, we created an entirely new circa 7,500 square foot family home, drawing on Georgian proportions for the front facade and Arts and Crafts craftsmanship while creating something distinctly contemporary.
The completed house is centred around a dramatic three-storey entrance hall and includes generous living spaces, landscaped gardens, an 18-metre swimming pool and pavilion. For us, its story is about more than architecture: sometimes the most important part of design is recognising a better possibility.