Sliver House | Boyarsky Murphy Architects

The Sliver House is a unique response to a difficult infill site. The site had been left derelict for decades because there were no obvious ways to develop it. Previously it had been the stables for a Victorian wine seller. Wedged between two imposing Victorian end of terrace buildings with a street frontage of less than three metres, the site is eleven metres deep and 7.5 metres wide at the rear of the property. Each plan, therefore, took a different form resulting in a stacked configura- tion. The guiding principles behind the project were to introduce as much light as possible throughout the building whilst retaining privacy from the many neighbouring windows. The house is inward looking in its arrangement with indirect sources of light from rooflights and opaque glazing. The basement which houses kitchen, dining and family room, was carved out from the ground and is top lit. The ground floor (living room), opens onto an enclosed courtyard garden. The two upper floors have three bedrooms.