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Tentsmuir Forest, Dundee photo © Thomas Deckker 2007
2 Beach House Projects
2020-21/

Thomas Deckker Architect: Standard House Types, Brasília
Standard House Types, Brasília
2020

Thomas Deckker Architect: 3 Tower House Projects
3 Tower House Projects
2018-20
Thomas Deckker Architect: Project for a Penthouse, London
Some Nice Ideas for a Penthouse
2015

Thomas Deckker Architect: Project for Private Houses and a Tenement, Dundee
Some Nice Ideas for Dundee
2013

Thomas Deckker Architect: Offices for a Brazilian Company, London
Offices for a Brazilian Company
London
2011-12

Thomas Deckker Architect: Duval Renovation, Brasília
Duval Apartment Renovation
Brasília, Brazil
2009-10

Thomas Deckker Architect: landscape urbanism, Abu Dhabi
Some Nice Ideas for Abu Dhabi
2010

Thomas Deckker Architect: 2 Development Studies, London
2 Development Studies
London
2004

Thomas Deckker: Magalhães House
Magalhães House
QL18, Brasília, Brazil
1997 - 2001

Thomas Deckker: Moore House Project
Moore House Project
Algarve, Portugal
1994-95

superquadra model
Superquadra Penthouse Project
Brasília, Brazil
1993 - 2001

Thomas Deckker: Clínica de Câncer, Brasília
Clínica de Câncer, Brasília
SHLS, Brasília, Brazil
1995

Thomas Deckker: Magalhães Project
Magalhães Project
QI26, Brasília, Brazil
1993-95

Thomas Deckker: Thompson House
Thompson House Project
Cambridge, England
1992

Thomas Deckker: Camara Municipal Competition Entry 1989
3 Competition Entries for Brazil
1989-90

Thomas Deckker Architect: 'Brasília' Table
'Brasília' Table
1990

Thomas Deckker: Soares Apartment Renovation
Soares Apartment Renovation
Brasília, Brazil
1987

Thomas Deckker: Moore House
Moore House
Gerrards Cross, England
1984-87

Thomas Deckker Architect: Tower House in a Forest
Thomas Deckker Architect: Tower House in a Forest
Design Sketch

Tower House in a Forest

I became fascinated with the idea of a small house, with one room on each floor, embedded in a forest. Unlike the projects for the Tower House with 3 Staircases and Small Tower House this Tower has no Staircase - access to each floor is by a ladder. The plan enjoys the spatial discipline of the tower house except on the top floor where only a vestige remains, a fireplace sharing a chimney with the ground floor. This floor has an almost completely circular view.

Forests have a profound symbolic authority as well as presenting a powerful spatial experience. See, for example, Robert Rosenblum: Modern Painting and the Northern Romantic Tradition and Simon Schama: Landscape and Memory.
Thomas Deckker Architect: Tower House in a Forest
Thomas Deckker Architect: Tower House in a Forest
Design Sketches
Alexander 'Greek' Thompson: Holmwood, Glasgow
Alexander 'Greek' Thompson: Holmwood, Glasgow
photograph © Thomas Deckker 2018
Alexander 'Greek' Thompson, like John Soane, used skylights to bring light deep into plans. I enjoyed using the truncated pyramid to define spaces with form and light.
Thomas Deckker Architect: Tower House in a Forest
Thomas Deckker Architect: Tower House in a Forest
Design Sketches