“In a narrow back garden in north London, there is a shed which proves that the art of architecture can be applied to even the most modest arrangement of walls, floor and roof. The award-winning summerhouse designed by Ullmayer and Sylvester Architects is a great little essay in lightweight design — a trick of the light composed of plywood, pine, milkily translucent polycarbonate and mirror-foil.”
Read The garden of minimalist delights, The Independent, jay merrick may 2005
“The architects started with a conventional box shape, then kinked the structure to match the garden layout.”
Icon magazine November 2004
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“An elegant and simple solution to the common inner city problem of a young family needing more space, but not willing or able to relocate.”
The Wood Awards 2005
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“On summer Sundays, lunch is taken down the garden, and the family stays in or around the summerhouse all day. In winter it’s the scene of fiercely fought table tennis contests.”
Reflections of you, The Guardian Weekend magazine, April 2005
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“The sleek steel wall was the architect’s idea, it reflects the planting, helping camouflage the structure and make the garden feel bigger.”
BBC Homes and Antiques magazine, March 2006
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