Project: Tower House Architects: Dominic McKenzie Architects Location: Barnsbury, Islington, London, UK Year 2018 Builder: Astonworld Ltd

项目：塔楼建筑师：Dominic McKenzie建筑事务所所在地：伦敦伊斯灵顿巴恩斯伯里，英国2018年建筑年：Astonworld Ltd.

Tower House is a Grade II listed house in Barnsbury, Islington that has been renovated and extended by Dominic McKenzie Architects. The original house was constructed in the 1830s and had previously been extended to the rear in the 1980s. This previous addition was poorly insulated and contained the house’s only bathroom – located a full storey below the bedrooms.

塔楼是在巴恩斯伯里，伊斯灵顿的二级上市房屋，已由多米尼克麦肯齐建筑师翻新和扩建。最初的房子建于19世纪30年代，在80年代之前一直延伸到后方。这之前的增加是很差的绝缘，并包含了房子的唯一浴室-位于一个完整的层以下的卧室。

The new 2½ storey rear extension, which replaces the 1980s extension, creates a slender tower at the back of the house – giving the project its name. This vertical element was inspired by the towers constructed by competing merchants in the Italian hill town of San Gimignano.

新的2.5层楼高的后延伸，取代了上世纪80年代的扩建，在房子后面建造了一座纤细的塔楼，使该项目有了自己的名字。这种垂直元素的灵感来源于意大利山城圣吉米纳诺(SanGimignano)的相互竞争的商人建造的塔楼。

The upper part of the tower house contains a new bathroom which is now located in much closer proximity to the bedrooms. Beneath the bathroom a dramatic new 1½ storey space is created which contains the lower ground floor dining room. This is discovered on arrival via a new balcony from the existing staircase half-landing.

塔楼的上部有一个新的浴室，现在离卧室更近了。浴室下面有一个戏剧性的1.5层高的空间，里面有底层的餐厅。这是通过一个新的阳台从现有楼梯半落地发现的。

To the rear of the dining room, a new timber sash window echoes the retained sash window at the rear of the bathroom, but is considerably taller (3.5m). Similarly the two timber French doors adjacent are 3m high. These large glazed elements produce a playful, unexpected shift in scale on entry to the lower ground floor and garden.

餐厅后部，新的木框窗与浴室后部保留的窗扇相吻合，但高度相当高（3.5m）。类似地，相邻的两个木质法国门的高度为3m。这些大的釉面元素在进入底层和花园时会产生一个有趣的、意外的规模转变。

Within the main house the original period details have been retained and carefully restored. Painted timberwork was stripped back and repainted. A new Carrara marble fireplace was added to the ground floor front room, the detail of which matches those commonly found in the local area.

在主楼内，原有的期限细节已保留下来，并已仔细恢复。彩绘的木结构被剥去，重新油漆。一个新的卡拉拉大理石壁炉被添加到底层的前房间，其细节与当地常见的情况相匹配。

The bespoke lower ground floor kitchen and master bedroom storage, was created by a specialist joiner to DMA’s design. The kitchen units are finished in a sprayed finish to match Farrow and Ball’s ‘Hague Blue’. Internally the units have an exposed oak finish. Oak is also used for the timber floors throughout, with a more traditional board finish used on the upper floors and a herringbone pattern for the lower ground level.

定制的底层厨房和主卧室储藏室，是由一位专业工人根据DMA的设计创建的。厨房单元在喷漆中完成，以匹配Farrow和Ball的“海牙蓝”。内部，单位有一个裸露橡木回味。橡木地板也被用于整个木材地板，更传统的木板装饰在上层使用，人字形图案在较低的地面水平。

The remodelled rear garden comprises a series of planted terraces which step down towards the lower ground floor level from the original rear garden level. A large portion of the existing garden was excavated to achieve this, allowing the lower ground to be fully connected with the garden – previously the basement dining room looked in to a drainage gully. The terraces, steps and patio and lower garden walls are clad in York stone to materially unify the garden.

改造后花园由一系列的种植梯田组成，这些梯田从原来的后花园水平向底层的较低层走去。为了达到这一目的，挖掘了现有花园的很大一部分，允许较低的地面与花园完全连接-以前的地下室餐厅向一个排水沟望去。梯田、台阶、露台和较低的花园墙都是用约克石包裹起来的，以使花园在物质上统一起来。