Tree House

摘要

In the London borough of Tower Hamlets, east of the bustling city, a pair of historic weavers' cottages conceals an unlikely addition: A sweeping glass-enclosed ramp that culminates in a curving, timber-clad volume that deftly navigates the existing garden landscape. Designed for The Guardian architecture critic Rowan Moore and his family, the addition was intended "to make the house as accessible as possible," says Stephanie Macdonald, a director of London-based 6a Architects. Moore's wife Lizzie has multiple sclerosis, and was spending more and more time in her wheelchair as the renovation process began. "I don't think she realized how trapped she'd become in one room," Macdonald says.