John Brown is the editor of theslowhome.com and the founder of the Slow Home Movement. He is a registered architect, real estate broker and Professor of Architecture at the University of Calgary.
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A Wedge and a Wiggle
Glazing to Garden
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Sliding and Folding Glass Wall
Living Room
Jacuzzi
Garden
Wiggle Wall
Kitchen
Floor Plans
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Alterations to an award-winning 1960s terrace house in Holland Park. The brief was to strip the house back to its first principles and to begin again.
The initial move was to open up the ground floors and to unite inside and out. The original void at the rear was reinstated and enlarged to provide a glazed mezzanine to view the garden. The original curtain walling to the rear was replaced by five metre high sliding and folding glass doors. The garden has a Jacuzzi spa, a fountain and stone benches that incorporate a built-in barbeque. The wedge (a stainless steel slab) and the wiggly wall (a double curved cast concrete wall) form the kitchen area and allow uninterrupted views throughout the house without the intrusion of kitchen clutter.
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believe that our homes and neighborhoods should be healthy, vibrant places that uplift the spirit and gracefully fit our needs. We call for an end to poor construction, bad design, misleading marketing, unfair lending practices and environmental neglect in the housing industry. We acknowledge our collective responsibility to create Good, Close, Light places to live that leave a positive legacy for future generations.
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is an international movement devoted to bringing good design into real life. It takes its name from the slow food movement which arose as a reaction to the processed food industry. The sprawl of cookie cutter housing that surrounds us is like fast food - standardized, homogenous, and wasteful. It contributes to a too fast life that is bad for us, our cities, and the environment. In the same way that slow food raises awareness of the food we eat and how these choices affect our lives, Slow Home provides design focused information to empower each of us to take more control of our homes and improve the quality of where and how we live.
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