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Neil Kahawatte Architects

London-based Neil Kahawatte Architects pairs precise custom joinery and deep splayed reveals with dynamic asymmetrical roof forms, creating residential spaces that balance historic architectural details against crisp contemporary planes. This body of work serves as a strong reference when detailing multifunctional millwork that doubles as spatial division, configuring slender masonry corner piers for faceted bays, or integrating slatted timber elements into backyard landscapes.

Interior view through three-part black-framed glazing onto a tiered stone garden by Neil Kahawatte Architects.

Service

An interior spatial precedent showing how a splayed multi-pane glazed opening frames a terraced garden sequence, merging inside and out.

What we like about this project
Deep splayed reveals amplify the peripheral views of the side garden walls.

Materials

  • glass
  • metal
  • plaster
  • stone
  • timber

Visual identifiers

  • splayed-bay
  • black-frame-glazing
  • garden-view
  • tiered-steps

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • minimal-frame
  • residential-interior

Visual tags

  • indoor-outdoor
  • residential
  • glazing
  • framed-view
  • natural-light
Geometry
Splayed bay configuration with three framed glazed openings looking outward onto an axial landscape sequence.
Facade system
Black metal-framed fenestration set into deep plastered reveals.
Structural guess
Load-bearing masonry or timber frame with concealed lintel over the splayed bay opening.
Spatial scale
Intimate human scale; standard residential door height with flanking narrow window panels.
Lighting
Bright direct daylight outdoors casting sharp shadows; interior floor receives dappled light falloff from the threshold.
Atmosphere
Calm, light-filled connection between neutral interior and vibrant green outdoors.
Environmental context
Residential interior opening directly onto a rear terraced garden and lawn.
Spatial experience
A compressed interior threshold directs focus straight ahead toward outdoor steps and lush garden greenery framed like paintings.
Composition rhythm
Symmetrical tripartite vertical rhythm created by the central door and flanking angled window reveals.
Style reading
Contemporary residential transitional space
Program
Residential living or transition hall
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, metal, plaster, stone, timber
Visual identifiers
splayed-bay, black-frame-glazing, garden-view, tiered-steps
Style tags
contemporary, minimal-frame, residential-interior
Visual tags
indoor-outdoor, residential, glazing, framed-view, natural-light
Geometry
Splayed bay configuration with three framed glazed openings looking outward onto an axial landscape sequence.
Facade system
Black metal-framed fenestration set into deep plastered reveals.
Structural guess
Load-bearing masonry or timber frame with concealed lintel over the splayed bay opening.
Spatial scale
Intimate human scale; standard residential door height with flanking narrow window panels.
Lighting
Bright direct daylight outdoors casting sharp shadows; interior floor receives dappled light falloff from the threshold.
Atmosphere
Calm, light-filled connection between neutral interior and vibrant green outdoors.
Environmental context
Residential interior opening directly onto a rear terraced garden and lawn.
Spatial experience
A compressed interior threshold directs focus straight ahead toward outdoor steps and lush garden greenery framed like paintings.
Composition rhythm
Symmetrical tripartite vertical rhythm created by the central door and flanking angled window reveals.
Style reading
Contemporary residential transitional space
Program
Residential living or transition hall
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
architecture

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Interior view through three-part black-framed glazing onto a tiered stone garden by Neil Kahawatte Architects.

Service

An interior spatial precedent showing how a splayed multi-pane glazed opening frames a terraced garden sequence, merging inside and out.

What we like about this project
Deep splayed reveals amplify the peripheral views of the side garden walls.

Materials

  • glass
  • metal
  • plaster
  • stone
  • timber

Visual identifiers

  • splayed-bay
  • black-frame-glazing
  • garden-view
  • tiered-steps

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • minimal-frame
  • residential-interior

Visual tags

  • indoor-outdoor
  • residential
  • glazing
  • framed-view
  • natural-light
Geometry
Splayed bay configuration with three framed glazed openings looking outward onto an axial landscape sequence.
Facade system
Black metal-framed fenestration set into deep plastered reveals.
Structural guess
Load-bearing masonry or timber frame with concealed lintel over the splayed bay opening.
Spatial scale
Intimate human scale; standard residential door height with flanking narrow window panels.
Lighting
Bright direct daylight outdoors casting sharp shadows; interior floor receives dappled light falloff from the threshold.
Atmosphere
Calm, light-filled connection between neutral interior and vibrant green outdoors.
Environmental context
Residential interior opening directly onto a rear terraced garden and lawn.
Spatial experience
A compressed interior threshold directs focus straight ahead toward outdoor steps and lush garden greenery framed like paintings.
Composition rhythm
Symmetrical tripartite vertical rhythm created by the central door and flanking angled window reveals.
Style reading
Contemporary residential transitional space
Program
Residential living or transition hall
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, metal, plaster, stone, timber
Visual identifiers
splayed-bay, black-frame-glazing, garden-view, tiered-steps
Style tags
contemporary, minimal-frame, residential-interior
Visual tags
indoor-outdoor, residential, glazing, framed-view, natural-light
Geometry
Splayed bay configuration with three framed glazed openings looking outward onto an axial landscape sequence.
Facade system
Black metal-framed fenestration set into deep plastered reveals.
Structural guess
Load-bearing masonry or timber frame with concealed lintel over the splayed bay opening.
Spatial scale
Intimate human scale; standard residential door height with flanking narrow window panels.
Lighting
Bright direct daylight outdoors casting sharp shadows; interior floor receives dappled light falloff from the threshold.
Atmosphere
Calm, light-filled connection between neutral interior and vibrant green outdoors.
Environmental context
Residential interior opening directly onto a rear terraced garden and lawn.
Spatial experience
A compressed interior threshold directs focus straight ahead toward outdoor steps and lush garden greenery framed like paintings.
Composition rhythm
Symmetrical tripartite vertical rhythm created by the central door and flanking angled window reveals.
Style reading
Contemporary residential transitional space
Program
Residential living or transition hall
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
architecture

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