residence
Ao-ft, 2021
56 Beulah Road, E17 9LQ
Ao-ft co-founders', Liz Tatarintseva and Zach Fluker, Spruce House and Studio is the pair’s joint home in east London’s Walthamstow. Not only has it been a personal labour of love, it’s also the first flagship project of the practice owners' newly minted architecture practice.
Walthamstow Central
Walthamstow Queens Road
Free on street parking on Saturday and Sunday.
Spruce House and Studio is a new-build home and self-contained garden studio constructed from cross-laminated timber (CLT) on an infill site in Walthamstow. The project is located in a conservation area, situated on what used to be the village high street. Referencing the historic origins of the site and neighbouring properties, we questioned ‘what is a contemporary residential shop’.