HOUSDEN HOUSE
Architect: Brian Housden
Location: Hapstead Heath, London
Client: The Modern House
One of the great post-war Modern houses in London, Housden House was designed and built by architect Brian Housden for himself and his family between 1963-65. The house was given a Grade-II listing in 2014 by Historic England.
The house is part of an important movement in post-war housing, the concept of which clearly demonstrating Housden’s understanding of pioneering European modernism, sharing many principles with the Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht and Pierre Chareau’s Maison de Verre in Paris.