House for Two Psychiatrists
A renovation and replanning of an 1840's classical villa with bedrooms below the living room. A new mezzanine and roof terrace were built above, and consulting rooms added at the garden level.The house, for two psychiatrists, required two consulting rooms, as they both wished to live and work in the house. Rick Mather Architects’ plan located the consulting rooms on the ground floor opening on to terraces and the garden beyond. The main living area is in the two upper floors, where the making of one large living space was structurally much easier. Here, too, the early morning and late afternoon sunlight are beneficent amenities. The clients enjoy easy access to the outside which the redesigned house affords. Between patients it is easy to step out of the ground-level consulting rooms for a cup of coffee in the sun in the protected south facing garden, and, after work, have drinks on the roof terrace, which catches the late evening sun.
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House & Garden
A house that also houses the owners consulting rooms
Nov 81
British Architecture
1982