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    House of fun

    Oct 28, 2021 3 minutes
    Charles Saumarez Smith on Architecture

    ● ONE OF THE GREAT PLEASURES of the autumn is the opportunity to see and study the Cosmic House on Lansdowne Walk in leafy Holland Park, now open to the public for 15 people a day, only on weekdays, subject to the fierce conditions for visitors required by the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (you can book on the Cosmic House website).Cosmic House was designed as a joint endeavour, much of the original work done by Terry Farrell, who was responsible for the elaborate

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