Two Court House

A narrow plot with neighbours hard against both long edges, which left daylight available only at the two short ends. Rather than argue with that, the house is a single room-height volume with a court at either end — one east for the morning, one west for the evening.

The living space sits between them. From first light to dusk there is a patch of sun somewhere on its floor, and it never arrives from the same direction twice.

Lime plaster over blockwork throughout, and a polished concrete floor poured in one continuous pour. Two materials. No skirting, no architraves, no trims.