a not for profit holiday home rental company in the uk . 1 2 it was founded by philosopher and writer alain de botton who launched the scheme in 2010 as the first programme of its kind . 3 each holiday home has been uniquely designed by a world renowned architecture practice and is available to rent out by the general public throughout the year . 4 the houses include the balancing barn near aldeburgh suffolk opened october 2010 . architect mvrdv the shingle house dungeness kent opened nov 2010 . architect nord architecture the dune house thorpeness suffolk opened dec 2010 . architect jva a room for london on the roof of the queen elizabeth hall london opened 2012 . architect david kohn 5 the long house cockthorpe norfolk opening oct 2011 . architect hopkins architects a house for essex or julie s house wrabness essex opening 2015 . created by the artist grayson perry working with fat architecture 6 7 8 in 2012 living architecture is collaborating with cultural organisation artangel for a temporary room which will sit on top of the queen elizabeth hall on london s south bank . the commission is launching as part of the london 2012 festival and is being deisgned by david kohn architects and artist fiona banner . 9 references edit rowan moore 2010 09 26 . living architecture giving a modernist spin to holiday homes art and design the observer . guardian . retrieved 2013 02 11 . architecture . have a holiday in modern architecture . telegraph . retrieved 2013 02 11 . living architecture . holidays in modern architecture . living architecture.co.uk . 2012 07 06 . retrieved 2013 02 11 . alain de botton s living architecture offers glimpse at future of holiday homes mail online . dailymail.co.uk . 2010 05 10 . retrieved 2013 02 11 . http www.davidkohn.co.uk projects a room for london oliver wainwright 15 may 2015 . for grayson perry s essex house the only way was bonkers as possible . the guardian . retrieved 18 may 2015 . art fans flock to grayson perry house in essex . bbc . 27 february 2015 . retrieved 18 may 2015 . will gompertz 16 may 2015 . take a walk around the house that grayson perry designed video . bbc . retrieved 18 may 2015 . dean . boat shaped room to be built on queen elizabeth hall . londonist . retrieved 2013 02 11 . external links edit living architecture.co.uk guardian.co.uk telegraph.co.uk dailymail.co.uk londonist.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title living architecture & oldid 723197960 categories vacation rentalhotel and leisure companies of the united kingdomworks by alain de botton navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 june 2016 at 16 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view