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Article: Knight's tale: British fashion photographer Nick Knight and his family loved their David Chipperfield--designed house so much, they asked the architect to double their pleasure.
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- Harper's Bazaar
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
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In the quiet suburb of Petersham, an unpretentious outer London neighborhood of 1930s mock-Tudor cottages, there's an unusual U-shaped house that doesn't quite fit in with the rest. Solid and sensuous, full of clean spaces and light, it's the home of fashion photographer Nick Knight and his wife, Charlotte Wheeler.
To Knight, one of Britain's most cutting-edge cool-makers, and Wheeler, his muse and business partner, the house is both reassuringly familiar and thrillingly new. After a decade of living in a little jewel box of a house designed by architect David Chipperfield, they've recently rebuilt it as a grander family home with the addition of an open-plan ...