Raising the roof: London's most dramatic double-height homes

​Given that London is a city where more floorspace is what everyone wants, to deliberately give up space to add height seems like property madness.
Ruth Bloomfield18 February 2016

But the effect of height, especially double-height space, is often underestimated in interior design. This is why the best interiors in top-end contemporary homes now feature the soaring drama of entrance halls or living rooms with ceilings that top 30ft.

£1.65 million: Alex Michaelis of interior architects Michaelis Boyd gave his own flat in north Kensington a double height living room rather than cram in another floor (through Domus Nova)
£3.69 million: the upper floor ceilings have been removed in this four-bedroom house in Limerston Street, Chelsea (Douglas & Gordon), losing some loft space but giving the rooms pitched ceilings

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