Cambridge Gardens

The project is set within a high-ceilinged 1870s double fronted, semi-detached villa in North Kensington and unites two apartments, the larger occupying the whole first floor, with another, occupying half the ground floor.

Usually, these retrofit duplexes confine their stair to the darkest middle of the plan.
Here, a back bedroom floor has been removed and the stair has then been wrapped up the sides of the newly created and grand double height space, which can remain uninterrupted, as the otherwise redundant First Floor entrance still acts as an escape.’ Kim Finer