A contemporary London house designed by Nick Allen and Steve O'Connell.

Thunderbird House, the Thames-side home of award-winning furniture and architectural fittings designer Nick Allen, is steeped in show business associations.

 The site, just off Putney’s embankment, housed model-making workshops used by both Muppet’s creator Jim Henson and Gerry Anderson of Thunderbirds fame – hence the house’s name; Anderson built Supercar here, the star of an early 60s TV series.

With its monopitch roof, vertical lines and galvanised steel balconies, the three-storey, three-bedroom, 3,000 square feet house is in dramatic contrast to the Victorian terraces surrounding it. It is further characterised by its abundant use of glazing and large, open internal spaces.