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materials palette of raw concrete, lime plaster, quarry tiles and timber was chosen for this extension to a Victorian property in south London, which replaced an outdated conservatory. ‘We wanted to use readily available, affordable materials combined in a unique way,’ says Ogi Ristic, a director at TYPE. Each of the finishes has been used to express the function of different features in the kitchen-diner. ‘The surface finishes vary depending on how the concrete was poured or how the plaster

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