Studio Ben Allen designs artichoke-shaped garden room

Green shingles cover the exterior of this octagonal, flatpack garden room in south west London, designed by Studio Ben Allen.
The design of A Room in the Garden was informed by the bizarre and playful 18th-century Dunmore Pineapple pavilion in Scotland, as well as the form and colour of an artichoke.Inside, the space can be used as a study, lounge or bedroom, lit by a large window overlooking the garden and a central skylight.
Studio Ben Allen built it from flatpack kit of CNC-cut timber element