One thing is not like the others. On a street in South Tottenham, a row of homes sit comfortably in place — all brick façades, tiled roofs and predictable lines. And then there’s Nina Woodcroft’s sustainable home. Clad in mottled brown cork imported from Portugal with intriguing rounded corners, it looks — and feels — different.
Children from the neighboring school pause to run their fingers across the walls. Delivery drivers do a double take. Even local foxes have taken a nibble. It’s definitely a conversation starter. "The building inspector didn’t even know how to handle it," recalls Craig Rosenblatt, director of ROAR Architects, who joined the designer on the project.
