A revitalized Fulham dwelling harmonizes its historical elements with contemporary modifications throughout
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The Fulham house renovation, recently completed by Shoreditch-based architecture studio Bureau de Change, is a stunning example of how a period London home can be transformed into a contemporary living space while preserving its architectural heritage.
Located in West London, the project involved a comprehensive extension and meticulous refurbishment aimed at rethinking the spatial experience and connection to the outdoors. The centrepiece of this transformation is a textured, sculptural rear addition made using a unique brick pattern inspired by Victorian-era joinery moulding details sourced from a local historic craftsman’s catalogue.
This brickwork creates a dynamic pattern by rotating and mirroring bricks, providing a sense of movement and tactile texture visible from all angles and linking the home visually to its lush garden. Materials used include brick for the exterior extension, which reinterprets traditional Victorian mouldings in a contemporary architectural language. Inside, the design uses carefully curated colours to define spatial paths.
The design philosophy focuses on blending historical craftsmanship references with modern living needs. The architects aimed to sculpt not only the physical spaces but also the symbolic experiences of moving through the house, enhancing life quality and garden connectivity through spatial flow and material dialogue.
Studio co-founder Katerina Dionysopoulou highlighted the intention to create a tactile building “skin” that dialogues with nature, showing how heritage motifs can be transformed through contemporary materials and detailed brickwork.
The extension's design features a hard lines and metallic finish central volume that softens with the addition of Victorian ceilings enrichments, warm flooring materials, and subtle reflections of the garden. Inside, the interior has been refreshed with a dark blue entrance and a lighter, desaturated kitchen with bespoke stone surfaces and a central island. An even lighter dining area off the main kitchen space completes the trajectory towards the sunlight and the outdoors through extensive glazing.
The living spaces are bound together by this central volume, which flows seamlessly into the verdant outdoors. The house extension incorporates extensive glazing to further emphasise this connection, creating a harmonious blend of indoor and outdoor living.
The interior design aims to complement the original ornate features of the house with sculptural and material surprises in each space. Historic elements, such as Victorian tiling, stained glass windows, elaborate ceiling mouldings, and timber floor boards, have been carefully restored.
In summary, the Fulham house renovation exemplifies a sensitive approach to renovation that transforms a period home into a contemporary living space while honoring and reimagining its architectural heritage. This project showcases the potential for blending historical craftsmanship with modern living needs, resulting in a truly contemporary residential design.
The interior design of the Fulham house renovation, a blend of historical craftsmanship and modern living needs, features spaces that dialogues with nature, creating a harmonious indoor-outdoor connection. The lush garden is visually linked to the home through a textured, sculptural rear addition that uses a unique brick pattern inspired by Victorian-era joinery moulding details. This contemporary lifestyle transformation, focused on enhancing life quality, can be observed in home-and-garden dynamics.
