Flatiron House, London Completed

Memorably described by one visitor as “a staircase with rooms”, the small triangular footprint of the 2-bedroom house predetermined its seemingly simple spatial arrangement, with one principle room on each of five floors, topped by a roof terrace. Considerable thought went into the layout and design at each level to ensure that every space works to its optimum; and that the vertical spatial flow, provided by a signature staircase, feels natural and fluid. A sinuous white acrylic balustrade reinforces this flow, rising like a twisted and folded ribbon through the house, and framing a vertiginous 14 metre view from glass roof to basement that lends the tiny house an unexpected sense of scale.