housing
31/44 Architects, 2024
29A Dulwich Wood Avenue, SE19 1HG
The house was designed by the architect owner to accommodate their family within their existing neighbourhood, a leafy street in South London. Six Columns was selected as the RIBA 2024 House of the Year after winning a RIBA National and Regional Award. From the street the house is discrete and considerate of the setting, but not meek in character or detail. From a distance it sits comfortably alongside its neighbours, as you approach and enter its character is revealed.
Crystal Palace, Gipsy Hill
122, 202, 450
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Six Columns is discreet and considerate of its setting and as you approach its personality is revealed. It is rich in architectural character; stepping brickwork wall, rustication and pilasters and a green marble panel which adds detail and a sense of civic luxury to the entrance. It prioritises shared spaces across its three floors with few contained rooms. It won RIBA House of the Year 2024.
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Designed by Charles Barry Jr in the Victorian Gothic style, it has been a landmark in Dulwich since it was painted by the French Impressionist Camille Pissarro in 1870. There is a fine fresco painted by Sir Edward Poynter in the chancel.
Charles Barry Junior, 1868
