Office S&M Designs Coastal-Style Mews Block in Kent Village
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Jon Astbury
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Summary
London architecture practice Office S&M has designed Goldsmith Mews, a powder blue mews block in Kent featuring blue fibre cement weatherboarding and porthole windows that give it a coastal character. The infill housing development provides four homes on a site previously occupied by derelict garages in the village of Chalk, known as a holiday destination of Charles Dickens. The design takes aim at "generic suburbia" with its distinctive architectural approach.
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Located in the village of Chalk – famous as a holiday and honeymoon destination of Charles Dickens
The block provides four homes on a site formerly occupied by derelict garages
Office S&M takes aim at 'generic suburbia' with powder blue mews block in Kent
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