And finally… Cloud-like home
London’s Cloud House, a pink property which took ten years to build, has recently appeared in Channel 4’s Grand Designs, drawing attention to the building’s complex construction process.
The home, located on Vicars Road in Gospel Oak, is the creation of architect Peter Morris and his wife Emily, with Peter running Peter Morris Architects.
The three-storey pastel pink property features scalloped balustrades, tall arched windows, and turquoise detailing, according to London Now.
It appeared on the TV show on 23 September, where the presenter Kevin McCloud followed the couple’s journey to advance their vision into practical delivery.
Channel 4 said that the property was two “cloud houses” painted “strawberry-ice-cream pink and covered in arches.”
The building consists of two semi-detached, three-storey homes in 20 and 20A Vicars Road and has been constructed by two separate owners.
The property has been termed “The Cloud House” due to its cloud-like silhouette, created by a number of arches.
The arches were partially inspired by St Martin’s Church opposite the site, which is Grade I-listed.
The project was influenced by the couple’s honeymoon in Miami and the city’s Art Deco buildings.
The project was almost ten years in the making, reaching completion in August this year.
The episode showed the financial and construction challenges that had been endured, such as the sale of one of the two houses to another couple to help fund the project.
The design needed hundreds of individual arch elements alongside intricate detailing.
The structure is built using traditional steel and blockwork, in spite of its unconventional look.
The arches are made from dense, recyclable polystyrene and finished with pink render.
Spanning roughly 133 square metres, the property also features an open-plan ground floor and has a roof terrace at the top of the house.







