Oliver Leech Architects has designed a multifaceted, charred-timber home for the mother of its client. You’d be forgiven for thinking that this was a stand-alone house, rather than a compact one-storey garden suite. “They came to us to create a granny annex, but the resulting house doesn’t feel or look like that at all,” says Oliver Leech, the London studio’s director. “Other than sharing a garden, it could be its own
