Danish Mews House is a minimal residence located in London, United Kingdom, designed by Neil Dusheiko. The existing property was laid out over three floors, with a small loft conversion and ground floor commercial space, over time this had begun to encroach on first-floor residential living. The client wanted to turn the property back into a full family home, with a garage and roof terrace. The tight site required close consideration to the neighbors, and the conservation area meant limitations to any outside changes. The mews terrace shares party walls with a hotel on one side and residential property on the other. At the rear, the garden sloped upwards to back onto a church where the surrounding outdoor space is elevated. As a result, the light was restricted to the house at ground floor level, and to protect privacy, the first-floor windows were set high up, with just one small window in the dormer above.

The architectural design team proposed a central stair core designed to anchor the layout: on the ground floor, car parking sits one side with a spare bedroom, kitchenette and shower on the other; the first floor divides into a kitchen-dining area and separate living room; and on the second floor, the master bedroom ensuite is split from a smaller bedroom and shower room. The project was designed for a Danish client and so creating a sense of Hygge was important. Inside the property, the sense of Danish identity pervades with key elements of Danish interior design on show such as furniture by Montana, Carl Hansen, Hans J. Wegner and lights by Louis Poulsen. All sitting on floors supplied by Dinesen. The kitchen was hand made by Martin Moore.

Photography by Rachael Smith & Ståle Eriksen