Monthly Archives: April 2002
Riba Journal VXO House
“The owners clearly love Brooks’ light, accessible and playful transformation of the house, saying how cosy it is now that, paradoxically, it is all so open and interlinked.”
“The owners clearly love Brooks’ light, accessible and playful transformation of the house, saying how cosy it is now that, paradoxically, it is all so open and interlinked.”
VXO House is featured on the front page of this issue of the RIBA Journal, along with a seven page article.
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The Architectural Review VXO House
“The inventive conversion and extension of [VXO] house in north London is one of an inventive trio of structures in a leafy garden.”
“The inventive conversion and extension of [VXO] house in north London is one of an inventive trio of structures in a leafy garden.”
“Alison Brooks’ originality, her continually intriguing detailing, have been seen before, most recently in design of the Atoll Hotel in Helgoland. If the playful organicism that has permeated previous works is not so evident here, her preoccupation with layering space and making it flow is.”
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