The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/ The Modern House has been successfully selling Britain's finest modern architecture since 2005 Thu, 07 Mar 2024 10:01:06 +0000 en-uk hourly 1 WordPress Time-honoured materials and 21st-century sensibilities meet in a bothy on Mull https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/peter-rachel-harford-cross-mull-bothy/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 10:01:06 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/peter-rachel-harford-cross-mull-bothy/

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Cover Stories: five new architecture, art and design books for your shelf https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/cover-stories-five-new-architecture-art-and-design-books-for-your-shelf-2/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:11:00 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/cover-stories-five-new-architecture-art-and-design-books-for-your-shelf-2/

Inspiration may come in many forms but it’s flighty and hard to find. That said, one place you can be quite sure to pin it down it is on a bookshelf. And while those at TMH HQ are already groaning, we can’t resist the allure […]

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Jeremy Lee: the much-loved chef who grew up in a wedge of cheddar https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/homing-in-jeremy-lee-quo-vadis/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 17:59:42 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/homing-in-jeremy-lee-quo-vadis/

If ever there was a corrective to the idea of the dour Scotsman, it could be found in Jeremy Lee. Dundee-born (and now London-based) Jeremy is chef proprietor of Quo Vadis, the historic Soho institution beloved of virtually everyone who’s ever had the privilege of […]

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A Modern Way to Live: our co-founder Matt Gibberd on materials https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/a-modern-way-to-live-materials/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/a-modern-way-to-live-materials/

When it was first published in 2021, we ran some excerpts from our co-founder Matt Gibberd’s book, A Modern Way to Live, which looked at the five principles that best-designed homes tend to pay attention to and which make for happier, healthier living environments: space, […]

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Surman Weston’s light-led creation of a family home in south London https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/my-modern-house-surman-weston-cicely/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/my-modern-house-surman-weston-cicely/

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Explore Simon Allford’s ‘family home in the sky’ in our new film series https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/homing-in-films-simon-allford/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:15:05 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/homing-in-films-simon-allford/

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The brilliant reimagining of Sunny Side Up, a family home in Clapton https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/my-modern-house-thiss-studio-sunny-side/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/my-modern-house-thiss-studio-sunny-side/

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Cath Kidston: the floral-obsessed entrepreneur on why life isn’t always a bed of roses  https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/homing-in-podcast-cath-kidston/ Fri, 16 Feb 2024 13:01:14 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/homing-in-podcast-cath-kidston/

Cath Kidston needs little introduction. Her eponymous brand was something of a zeitgeist, becoming entirely synonymous with a certain strand of the shabby-chic look that so gripped the late 1990s and early 2000s. But there was life before the company – Cath worked first for […]

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Life and love in a 1960s townhouse in north London https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/open-house-mildmay-street-tristan-edmondson-valentina-grittini/ Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:26:20 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/open-house-mildmay-street-tristan-edmondson-valentina-grittini/

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Shine Bright: five light-filled homes currently for sale https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/collections-light-filled-homes-winter-2024/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 06:13:00 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/collections-light-filled-homes-winter-2024/

“The sun never knew how wonderful it was until it fell on the wall of a building.” So said the great American modernist architect Louis Kahn. And what wise words they are, for a home with good natural light is a special one. Light can […]

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The low-key, light-infused renewal of a long-neglected Victorian cottage in Walthamstow https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/my-modern-house-whittaker-parsons-ian-turkington-walthamsto/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 08:59:00 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/my-modern-house-whittaker-parsons-ian-turkington-walthamsto/

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An artist-curator couple on their surprising choice to leave the walls of their mid-century marvel bare https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/open-house-hillside-gardens-ii/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 19:27:21 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/open-house-hillside-gardens-ii/

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Jonny Gent: music, martinis and mayhem from the founder of Sessions Arts Club  https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/homing-in-jonny-gent/ Fri, 02 Feb 2024 16:34:49 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/homing-in-jonny-gent/

The line between art and food is a fine one. Both are sensory, emotive and experiential; both are fundamentally creative endeavours. But for Jonny Gent, painter and founder of Sessions Arts Club and Boath House, two new stars in the British hospitality firmament, the line […]

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A Modern Way to Live: our co-founder Matt Gibberd on light https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/a-modern-way-to-live-light-february-202/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:34:19 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/a-modern-way-to-live-light-february-202/

With January out the way, we’re moving on from our theme of ‘space’ to one of ’light’. As such, for the whole of February, you can expect our usual offering of inspiring stories, only now they’ll be unified in their exploration of the importance of […]

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Our guide to Twickenham: architectural splendour and riverside walks in south-west London https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/residents-guide-twickenham/ Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:02:23 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/residents-guide-twickenham/

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Hannah Carter Owers on selling the family home in two days in pursuit of the perfect 1970s retrofit project https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/my-modern-house-hannah-carter-owers-highgate-retrofit/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 16:22:55 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/my-modern-house-hannah-carter-owers-highgate-retrofit/

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Akram Khan: the poignant story of a man who found his voice through dance https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/homing-in-podcast-akram-khan/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:35:49 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/homing-in-podcast-akram-khan/

Matt Gibberd’s guest on this week’s podcast is the dancer and choreographer Akram Khan. Having danced since he was very small, Akram, who was born in London to Bangladeshi parents, is one of the most acclaimed names in contemporary dance working today, known for his […]

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How time-worn textures – and rethought spaces – brought new life to woodland cabin-like home in Wales https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/open-house-richard-zinon-nuria-maria-capel-curig/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 11:34:00 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/open-house-richard-zinon-nuria-maria-capel-curig/

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Bright Futures: six projects packed with potential https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/collections-projects-winter-2024/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/collections-projects-winter-2024/

The best spaces are seldom served to you on a silver platter, instead requiring a bit of hard graft to bring out the glimmer. From an incredible volume at the foot of a Barbican tower to ambitious Oxford expansion, we present six doer-uppers ideal for […]

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How an unloved Eric Lyons house converted Shaun Betteridge from mid-century novice to modernist neophyte https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/open-house-shaun-betteridge-fieldend-twickenham/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 13:38:49 +0000 The Modern House https://www.themodernhouse.com/journal/open-house-shaun-betteridge-fieldend-twickenham/

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