Hopkins House, Hampstead

[5] The couple believed at the time architecture would soon combine with engineering and increasingly favour prefabricated, ultra-lightweight construction.

[3] Design of the slender post and beam structure is attributed to Anthony Hunt, who worked closely with the British High Tech Architects during the 1970s and early 1980s.

[2] It was a simple two-storey glass and steel box, with few permanent interior partitions, only occasional plastic panels for privacy of the bathrooms and sleeping areas.

It easily gained planning permission because the site was already expected to have a much larger four-storey building developed at that spot.

[4] The house was used as the offices of Michael Hopkins and Partners for the next eight years[5] (until the practice outgrew the space and moved to Marylebone).