2024-11-24T21:23:45-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150239613/this-cavernous-london-house-built-into-a-victorian-rail-viaduct-is-for-sale Alexander Walter 2020-12-01T15:51:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c8/c8f4f1fcbb850f0b9dcb5f0d8be43bd5.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>If you've been hunting for a lovely abode inside a rusty shell wedged between a railway line and a scrap yard on a challenging plot in central London for under a million pounds, you're in luck. <br></p> <p>Designed by UK firm <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150239625/undercurrent-architects" target="_blank">Undercurrent Architects</a>, the 1,600-sqft Archway Studios property is actually an award-winning live-workspace built in and around a 19th-century Victorian rail viaduct, masterfully contrasting rugged steel exteriors with light-filled and expansive interior spaces.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/db/db259097553e76a8d4077d129f3e8d2c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/db/db259097553e76a8d4077d129f3e8d2c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: The Modern House, via rightmove.co.uk.</figcaption></figure><p>"Archway Studios occupies part of a rail viaduct; a vaulted workshop linked to an atrium with residential alcoves," explains the project description on the <a href="https://www.undercurrent-architects.com/mies_portfolio/archway-studios/" target="_blank">architects' website</a>. "The design works with the contrast between the compressed, cavernous qualities of the arch &ndash; and the slender, ecclesial spaces of the atrium."</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9c/9c9d6d6d0e5175b37368d66f1075ea3b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9c/9c9d6d6d0e5175b37368d66f1075ea3b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: The Modern House, via rightmove.co.uk.</figcaption></figure><p>"The site is severely constrained by its narrow plot and limited access to light, aspect and views. The bui...</p>