residential projects
east london apartment
This project extends beyond individual rooms, approaching the apartment as a continuous spatial sequence shaped by light, proportion, and material restraint. Rather than introducing overt gestures, the project focuses on refining the existing structure, allowing concrete, plaster, and bespoke joinery to coexist with clarity and purpose.
Throughout the apartment, surfaces are pared back and details carefully resolved. The bathroom reveals an honest dialogue between raw structure and precise intervention, where exposed concrete is softened by restrained fixtures and finely finished planes. Elsewhere, built-in elements and cabinetry are shaped not as features, but as quiet supports for daily life measured, functional, and deliberately unobtrusive.
At studio hako, our role as builders is embedded in this approach. Construction is treated as a craft of alignment and judgement: knowing when to reveal, when to soften, and when to leave space untouched. The result is a home defined not by excess, but by calm continuity to be lived in, and to endure.
north london house
Aesthetic Harmony: The Transformation of a Victorian Terrace House into a Modern Sanctuary.
This elegantly renovated three-storey Victorian terrace house expertly combines historic origins with modern aesthetics. Bathed in abundant natural light and featuring wood as a central element, the interior departs from traditional Victorian palettes, favouring warm, earthy hues against whitewashed walls. Antique parquet flooring from an 18th-century French church and a sophisticated wrought iron staircase contribute to the home's distinct character. The garden, influenced by Japanese aesthetics and Kettle's Yard, provides a serene outdoor retreat amidst the urban setting, echoing the house's successful blend of history, modernity, and contemporary urban living.
balcorne street
A paired back space for a Victorian townhouse. Using a muted palette, dramatic black window frames, grey Silestone quartz and rich Jacobean oak flooring. Hidden storage and simple shelving maximised the space while exposed brick pillars pointed to the building’s history. The bathroom was meticulously planned to make intelligent use of the limited space.
navarino road
A contemporary Scandinavian inspired design, working sensitively with its period surroundings. Floorboards were prepared with a Swedish soap finish, whilst integrated bespoke storage solutions, simple shelving and a singular kitchen oak worktop encouraged the feeling of volume, space and light.