From a distance, Meadowview House looms pleasantly over the hedgerows, an abstract element that is entirely in place with the surrounding landscape of seasonal crops and agricultural structures

当代乡村住宅在英国是一种濒临灭绝的建筑形式，与高耸的城市摩天大楼或大型箱式超市一样具有争议性。这座由5号站台建造的新房子就是上面所有的东西。柔和的风化木材，配以白色的墙壁和大的、无框的窗户，帮助房子融入周围环境。上面的地板上铺着甜栗木，底层挂着。

Platform 5 Architects have created a family home on the edge of a village in Bedfordshire, on a fine site, bordered by a collection of hedges and mature trees

The house evokes the warm, inviting type of modernism that found favour in Britain in the inter-war period and has never really gone away

The upper floor is clad in sweet chestnut wood and overhangs the ground floor

The softly weathered timber, paired with white walls and large, frameless windows, helps the house blend into its surroundings

At ground level the glazing runs directly to floor level, allowing for a seamless interconnect between inside and outside, helped by slate flooring that runs through the living room and out onto the terrace

The new house sits horizontally across the site, acting as a divide between the formal front garden and the more naturalistic rear garden (pictured here)

The front garden features hard landscaping and gabion walls that enclose a courtyard garden

Inside, details are light and unfussy. The hallway includes a cantilevered ash tread staircase

The double-height living area features a suspended, wood-burning stove

Long pendant lights accentuate the height of the ceiling in the living area

The open-plan kitchen and dining area leads on to the living area

The kitchen features white units and clean lines

Unpretentious splashes of colour add jolts of life throughout the house

The master bathroom