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Welcome to our blog documenting the construction of two new houses in Asylum Road, Peckham. The design of the scheme can be seen on our website.

These have been named the Laundry Houses. During the design phases of the project, we found that there had been a laundry on the site of Albert Way, the road that the new houses will open onto. The laundry theme has informed the material and design decisions we have been making.

Over the coming months we will be posting photographs of the construction process and images of things that have influenced and informed the design.

Come back regularly to follow our progress, or visit www.quay2c.com to find out more about us and our work.

Monday, 21 July 2014

A few days away in Scotland but work on the houses progressing

Kitchen looking a good scale in the no 21 house

Oak worktop to match floors sample in foreground

 Sandblasted glass cladding now shaping up on the pods

Closer view of glass cladding and rooflights

Slate floors now in to the basement bathrooms 


View from no 18 asylum Rd garden with neighbours summer house now back in place waiting final planting

Detail; Camaru privacy screen now completed

Mosaic tiling & David Chipperfield designed bath now in place

Simple while mosaics prior to grouting.

Thursday, 19 June 2014

The glass cladding of our first floor pods has started in a sand blasted light green finish to tone in with the trees and the garden


Eyeing up the gap

The timber fins appearing on the rear elevation

Thursday, 5 June 2014

Some fins in Camaru have appeared on the no 18 Asylum Rd side of the building along with a mug !

Wednesday, 4 June 2014


Local Architects Niki & Liz of SE5 Architects give the top room a smile of approval !
The underfloor heating being laid in the top room

Painted plaster in stair well

Electrics in

Oak flooring now on site

The planters are taking shape

Saturday, 17 May 2014

The ground floor lobby plastered and getting great light from the slotted rooflight above. This is also working well in the GF bathroom.

The back Ground floor elevation now clad in Camaru timber awaiting further camaru fins

The planters are taking shape

One house is now fully plastered and dry with a nice shadow gap detail to the timber ceilings. These will be left exposed with a white wash over. White walls will appear next week.

The underfloor heating pipe has coem for the G & 1st floor

The u/f heating pipe is too photogenic !


The staircase rooflight and ceiling now plastered with downlight positions cut out

The u/f heating pipe insulation is too photogenic !

The u/f heating pipe insulation 

Friday, 2 May 2014


Camaru cladding boards fixed down no 18 AR side
 Camaru cladding boards fixed down no 14 AR side
Plastering starting in the kitchen and lots of light coming in the rooflights in the lobby behind. 

A 2m2 sample of the oak engineered timber floor boards to be used throughout both houses
The utility room "kit" is appearing

The basement bathrooms are progressing

All the rooflights are now in and working wonders even in the rain 



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