A while back, we wrote about Fraher & Findlay‘s inspired update of a Georgian home. Today, we’re sharing another project, a renovation of an old Victorian in Hackney, London, featuring a Japanese-inspired tsubo-niwa.
Tsubo is a unit of measure equal to the area of two tatami mats (about 3.3 square meters); niwa means garden. As a compound word, it describes a small courtyard garden—and that’s precisely what was added to the property to connect a new rear addition to the original building.
Inserting a classically Japanese feature into a classically European house may seem like an odd mismatch, but it somehow works—and nowhere is this more apparent than in the kitchen and dining areas.
Let’s take a tour.
Photography by Adam Scott, courtesy of Fraher & Findlay.
For more kitchens with access to outdoor space, see:
- Kitchen of the Week: A London Architect’s Sky-Lit Compact Kitchen
- Kitchen of the Week: A Laid-Back Courtyard Kitchen Where ‘Family Life Unfolds’
- Kitchen of the Week: A Scandi Blonde Wood Design in Bed-Stuy, Garden Included
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