{"id":4869,"date":"2026-02-17T10:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=4869"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:40:05","slug":"neiheiser-argyros-adds-steel-cabinet-of-curiosities-to-london-outhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/neiheiser-argyros-adds-steel-cabinet-of-curiosities-to-london-outhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Neiheiser Argyros adds steel “cabinet of curiosities” to London outhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A built-in “cabinet of curiosities” housing a collection of records, books and artworks forms the spine of this outhouse extension<\/a> in London<\/a>\u00a0by local studio Neiheiser Argyros<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named Exeter Road Pavilion, the project involved converting the Victorian outbuilding in the garden of a north London residence into an annexe for the client, an art collector and DJ, where they could house their collection and host gatherings.<\/p>\n

Neiheiser Argyros<\/a> said it chose to approach these requirements as “a single architectural problem rather than two separate tasks”.<\/p>\n

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Neiheiser Argyros has completed a metal extension to a home in London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The studio created a 20-metre-long built-in storage unit, described as a “contemporary cabinet of curiosities”.<\/p>\n

Beginning as wardrobes opposite the sleeping area, this cabinet extends to become the housing for a kitchenette and a storage space for records, artworks and books within the living area.<\/p>\n

Once in the adjacent patio, the cabinet houses weights, a ping-pong table and garden games while also acting as a structural element, supporting a steel-framed canopy topped with sheets of corrugated polycarbonate.<\/p>\n

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It features a 20-metre-long built-in “cabinet of curiosities”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We started the project imagining the design as a kind of cabinet of curiosities, or wunderkammer, where a seemingly random collection of unrelated objects is collected and stored, allowing the visitor to curate their own connections and categories,” the studio’s co-founder Ryan Neiheiser told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“We wanted the cabinet to be both opaque, to create a quiet and unifying gesture in the space, and transparent \u2013 subtly revealing the curious objects contained within.”<\/p>\n

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A steel-framed canopy with sheets of polycarbonate shelters the patio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A long corridor alongside the cabinet connects the interior Exeter Road Pavilion, creating an open connection between the living room, study and sleeping area, which sits next to an enclosed bathroom.<\/p>\n

The front of the cabinet has been finished in perforated steel.<\/p>\n