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Magazine Awards Jobs Events Guide Showroom School Shows Courses Competitions Follow: Architecture Interiors Design Technology Series Features Interviews Opinion News Lookbooks Talks Videos Podcasts About Comments Newsletters Preferences Submit a story Advertise Privacy notice Contact Dezeen Magazine dezeen-logo dezeen-logo Next story clear Search –> –> Follow: Awards Jobs Events Guide Showroom School Shows Courses Competitions Series Interviews Opinion Talks Videos Newsletters Magazine Architecture Interiors Design Technology –> Search results: Read more: Posts: –> Refine your search: Cats Archmongers revamps three mid-century houses on London’s Dulwich Estate Share: Amy Frearson | 20 March 2026 Leave a comment London studio Archmongers has injected new materials, colours and details in the renovations of three homes from the 1950s and 60s, all located on the Dulwich Estate in southeast London .
The three projects follow on Little Brownings, another refurbishment on this renowned mid-century estate, which won Archmongers the top prize at the Don’t Move, Improve awards in 2022 .
Each project has unique details and quirks, relating to both the varying characteristics of the properties and the tastes and requirements of the owners.
But in all three, Archmongers founders Margaret Bursa and Johan Hybschmann aimed to improve the sense of space and flow. This meant reconfiguring layouts, opening up ceilings, or adding internal windows or voids between floors.
“Houses often require a complete retrofit, which can be a significant financial commitment,” Bursa told Dezeen.
“However, an extension is not always necessary; simply rethinking the layout of the existing space can be effective.”
The architects introduced hard-wearing materials, particularly in areas that experience the most wear, and used splashes of colour to create visual connections between different elements.
“It’s important to respect the original feel of these well-considered houses as much as you would in significant period properties, but it can be achieved while still thoroughly updating every aspect of the house,” said Bursa.
“We’ve studied the heavy-weight examples of this era of houses for years, including those built by Arne Jacobsen , Alvar Aalto and Friis & Moltke,” she continued.
“By learning from some of these past projects and mixing our own design agenda, we’ve injected a detail level and quality that these houses simply couldn’t afford when originally built.”
The Dulwich Estate includes over 5,000 houses, many of which were designed by architects Austin Vernon & Partners and mass-built by construction company Wates between the 1950s and 1970s.
The first of Archmongers’ new trio, Little Brownings II, follows a similar format to its award-winning neighbour.
The scheme centred around the replacement of the front extension, which facilitated the relocation of the kitchen. This opened up the ground floor of the three-storey 1960s townhouse, creating an enlarged living room that is newly separated from the entrance hall.
Terracotta tiles clad the exterior of the extension, which also boasts windows on two sides, exposed timber ceiling joists and a circular skylight.
The interior palette includes square terracotta tiles, Douglas fir, linoleum-clad kitchen cabinets, and splashes of blue, matching the colour of the front door.
The second project, Oakfield Terrace, focused on simplifying the layout of a two-storey 1950s row house and better connecting it with its garden.
An old rear extension was removed, allowing the ground floor to frame a new patio. Aluminium-framed glass doors lead out from the living room, matching a box window that projects outwards to create a seating area.
At the front of the house, a subtle extension created room for a contemporary kitchen. This space features exposed glulam timber joists and steel columns, plus a generous skylight and terracotta floor tiles.
A wide concrete step opens up the base of the staircase, leading up to first-flo