Lordship Park

Don’t Move Improve Awards Shortlist 2025

RIBA London Award Shortlist 2025

Lordship Park is the transformation of a Victorian home in North London by Emma Dahlman for Still Life Story, blending its original charm with a bold, minimalist brutalist extension. The design is inspired by tropical brutalism, modernist architecture, and Scandinavian influences, reinterpreting classic elements through a contemporary lens.

Contrasts define the space: restored cornices and period features sit alongside raw concrete and clean lines. Natural oak and linen bring warmth throughout, while large windows open the interior to a softly planted garden. A muted colour palette ties it all together, combining vintage classics with contemporary pieces for a layered home that seamlessly blends styles, materials, and eras. This reflects Emma’s quiet, textural approach.

Architect - Bindloss Dawes

Photography - Nick Dearden

Looking into brutalist, concrete and oak living room with book shelves in the background.

Looking in from garden at brutalist living room, with white sofa and geometric art on the wall

Brutalist concrete and oak living room with sisal rug and white large sofa

Brutalist concrete living room with oak bookshelf

Concrete and oak dining room with view into the kitchen in the background

"Brutalist dining room, oak table with view into garden, from Lordship Park

Brutalist kitchen design, concrete and oak, from Lordship Park

Dining room with concrete floor, oak table, linen wall hanging, from Lordship Park

Victorian minimalist living room, white oiled floorboards, light walls, Lordship Park

Minimalist office with muted colours, vintage lamp and brutalist desk

Minimalist, victorian sandstone fireplace, muted colours, ceramics, wood-burner

Light filled bathroom, lime paint, oak bench, free standing oval bath, from Lordship Park

Light tiled bathroom, brass shower , from Lordship park

Light filled bathroom, ceiling window, free standing oval bath, brass taps, from Lordship Park

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