Heritage Meets Modern Living at Allum Lane By: Square Feet Architects In leafy Elstree, Hertfordshire, Square Feet Architects have created a new home for a family of four generations. Reflecting the family’s strong bonds, the client John Budhia and his wife asked Square Feet to create a beautiful and functional home for them, their children and grandchildren and John’s 93 year old mother. The result is a distinctive and adaptable three storey home, appropriate to context, with Danish Peterson red bricks arranged vertically and horizontally to create modern ornamentation and a warm and subtle change in texture. The attention to detail in design and construction is typified by the slim coal-fired clay bricks, their non-uniform shape creating a play in light and dark shades. Aluminium powder-coated drainpipes are set into the brickwork to create crisp lines, with expansive glazing at the rear providing sweeping views over the south facing garden and mature trees including willow and beech. The new house has extensive living, kitchen and dining space, and a wheelchair accessible bedroom and en-suite bathroom on the ground floor. Generous proportions ease circulation. Three family bedrooms, two bathrooms and a study are situated on the upper floor, with a playroom … Continue reading Four Generations, One Visionary Family Home