The architects' defining mission was to create an energy-efficient home that sensitively emulated the surrounding vernacular of mostly 1920s Arts and Crafts houses.

Pevsner describes the facade as having a "layered front...with inset entrance in front of a larger roughcast gable echoing the neighbouring houses [with] forceful jutting dormers at the sides" (Cherry and Pevsner, London 4: North). Its crisp, symmetrical profile is one of its key characteristics as are the contrasting black-painted window frames. At the rear, its regular silhouette is defined by different sizes and shaped glazing; a design motif often seen on postmodern buildings.

The interiors were designed to be simple and minimal but not without their playful flourishes. The house retains many of the telltale signs of postmodern design, with the style expressed through curved walls, circular windows and glass brick.