Ruins have long been a capital-R Romantic source of inspiration for architects. The formal references and physical spolia of prior epochs often serve as the inspirational building blocks for tomorrow’s architecture. Lately, one contemporary flavor of this inspirational search has flourished among British architects who generationally follow practices like David Chipperfield or Caruso St John and among whom the legacy of figures like Louis Kahn still lingers. Here a sense of solemn spatial expression is joined with a still-life appreciation of domestic messiness and the tightening belts of the U.K.’s climate goals. One of the best expressions of this sensibility is Six Columns, a ground-up home designed by Will Burges of 31/44
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