Conservation & Heritage Issue 49 October 2025 - Flipbook - Page 74
Studio Hagen Hall completes
sensitive, energy-focused
tr ansformation of modernist
townhouse in London
Set within a leafy enclave of the Hampstead Conservation Area in North London, a modernist
townhouse now stands confidently refurbished for a young couple and their daughter, expertly
designed by emerging architecture and interiors practice, Studio Hagen Hall.
The home is part of a handsome cluster of nine properties,
including five townhouses originally designed by South
African architect Ted Levy, Benjamin & Partners in the
late 1960s, representing a key part of progressive post war
design thinking in London’s built history. Externally each
of the neighbouring homes appear uniformly designed
with subtle reference to Cape Town coastal developments
in the 50s and 60s, but interiors had since been sporadically renovated, and the majority of them stripped of their
modernist character. ‘Pine Heath’ is one of the last
remaining houses to retain many original features still
intact throughout.
Drawn to the original, mid-century charm and interiors
of the home, the clients briefed Studio Hagen Hall to
revive the tired terraced house into a warm, broken
plan, polished home for their growing family, with a
keen focus on upgrading its overall energy efficiency
and performance.
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As long time followers of the practice and admirers of
previous completed projects, including Canyon House,
the clients appointed Studio Hagen Hall in 2021 for its
approachability, extensive experience in modernist
restorations, and ability to deliver technically
challenging architecture with warm, sensitive, and
timelessly crafted interiors.
Studio Hagen Hall was initially appointed to lightly
refurbish the home, involving only the kitchen, bathrooms and windows, but on careful inspection realised
that the home’s true potential lay in much wider renovation. Studio Hagen Hall proposed a bespoke restoration
encompassing the whole house that would improve
operational efficiency and reduce overall project costs in
the long term, and ultimately introduce a more sophisticated and pragmatic series of living spaces to suit a
functional, life-long home.
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