The flat designed by Amos Goldreich Architecture is located in an apartment block consisting of 10 flats of about 60/65 square meters each. It is located in Chalcot Square, Primrose Hill – one of the most exclusive and expensive residential areas in London. Photoghraphy by Rory Gardiner.

The building was originally an annexe to a boys’ orphanage in Regent’s Park Road; later, after a period when it housed one of the neighbourhood’s earliest motor-car workshops, it reverted to

charitable uses and became until 1950 a hostel for blind women cared for by the Salvation Army. In 1970 it was converted into self-contained apartments.
The clients wanted to maximise the space as much as possible and make their flat feel larger. In order to achieve an open-plan living room and kitchen area, Amos Goldreich Architecture relocated the kitchen to where the bathroom was previously and punched an opening into the structural wall. What used to be the kitchen was merged with the former single bedroom, thus creating an improved layout with two external windows. This new arrangement allowed for the relocation of the bathroom and the addition of another guest WC, which was not possible before. The new bathroom is now adjacent to the single bedroom and has a slot window in the shared wall, allowing natural light to flow in.
Energy efficient lighting was installed, as well as new plumbing and underfloor heating throughout, to add aesthetic uni...