7 Modern Homes in London

By Dwell @dwell
Amid its brick-clad row houses, London boasts some seriously modern architecture. Here are seven examples from the pages of Dwell. Slideshow

Built by by architect David Adjaye, photographer Ed Reeve's Sunken House, in London’s De Beauvoir Town, is named for its excavated site in a stuffy part of town, where weathered brick and clay chimney pots are more common than modernist angles. Seen in the architectural context of its London neighborhood, the house is all the more extraordinary: compact, materially innovative, and easy on the eyes. Photo by Ed Reeve.