From the industrial to the domestic - in pictures

The top floor living space and TV room, with its gun-metal grey walls. In summer, the house is gloriously light; in winter, it’s parky. 'The building doesn’t have much insulation,' Guibert laughs. 'The walls are all external and the glass in the windows is paper thin. It’s one of the first things we’re going to fix when we start the building work.' In the meantime? 'We wear a lot of clothes.' Photograph: Rachael Smith

Pembrooke’s study, on the top floor. A huge safe sits behind the desk. It looks like a film prop. 'It’s been here for years,' says Guibert. 'Since long before the previous owner moved in. It’s far too heavy to move and it will still be here long after we’ve gone.' Photograph: Rachael Smith

Step outside the kitchen and you could almost be in the country: a large roof terrace has been converted into a cottage garden, complete with barbecue, pond and almost no traffic noise. At the back of the garden, there’s another bedroom detached from the main house, with its own private, mini-garden on the roof if you really want to get away from everyone. Photograph: Rachael Smith

The second floor kitchen, the central unit painted the same gun-ship grey as the top floor. Photograph: Rachael Smith

The first floor living space. A windowless ground floor below has been a garage for eight cars, a makeshift indoor cinema and a post-industrial warehouse party space at some point over the past four years and its end use is still up for grabs. Photograph: Rachael Smith

A cabinet of curiostities and an easel, on the top floor. Photograph: Rachael Smith

The master bedroom, accessible through the bathroom. For similar industrial lights, try Pedlars. Photograph: Rachael Smith

The theatrical bathroom: dark purple walls, an ornate standalone tub and deep red lino flooring. Photograph: Rachael Smith

Co-ordinated artefacts and knick-knacks. Guibert and Pembrooke have a passion for flea markets and auctions. Many former industrial buildings have a bit too much try-hard urban cool; this house feels comfortably random with its eclectic mix of the ancient and modern. Photograph: Rachael Smith

The owner of this industrial home, Eric Guibert, an architect specialising in unusual buildings, reckons it will be 10 years before the four-storey space in Kennington, south London is complete. He lives here with his partner, Robin Pembrooke – they sold their two-bedroom house in Waterloo because they wanted more room. They certainly got it - 6,000 square feet of it. This is the dining area on the second floor. Photograph: Rachael Smith

Guibert, with ceramic birds. Photograph: Rachael Smith