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Banham Studio II
Prickwilllow, Cambridgeshire
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Architect: Jonathan Ellis-Miller
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Banham Studio II
Prickwilllow, Cambridgeshire
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Architect: Jonathan Ellis-Miller
or call +44 (0)20 3795 5920
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“Framed in white steel sections, this beautiful house is raised from the ground and appears to be floating”
This impeccable single-storey house, designed by the acclaimed architect Jonathan Ellis-Miller in the early 1990s, it has an elegant minimalist aesthetic that references modernist pavilions. Set within a striking steel frame, the expansive full-height glazed walls offer a masterful play of natural light internally and afford far-reaching views across the compellingly beautiful Cambridgeshire Fens to the tower of Ely Cathedral. The sociable living spaces flow seamlessly across an open lateral plan, with unusually high ceilings and a constant visual connection with the south-facing garden.
Banham Studio II
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History
This elegant steel and glass house was designed by the architect Jonathan Ellis-Miller for the artist Mary Reyner Banham (1929 - 2019) in the early 1990s as a studio and country retreat.
Mary Reyner Banham was a noted artist and the widow of Reyner Banham (1922-88), one of the most important cultural critics of the 20th century. Banham’s best-known books are Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies and Theory and Design in the First Machine Age. He was a noted forward thinker, writing about sustainable design, Brutalism and even Pop Art before many other commentators had caught on these cultural trends.
He saw the potential in the young Ellis-Miller and, with his wife, commissioned him to create this remarkable building, although sadly, he never lived to see it completed.
The house was the recipient of the 1993 RIBA British Steel Awards.
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