Old Nichol Street 2 Shoreditch

Tell the Shoreditch set it’s time to ditch their sunnies – here’s a home which puts the rest in the shade. Beaming from the top floor of a rather raffish building, sunlight streams through windows the size of walls, ceilings stretch skyward and solar panels harvest the day’s brightest rays. But no one need squint to savour those giddying views of the City, and in a home futuristically controlled by computer, you’ve a nifty new meaning for ‘the cloud’. Exposed brickwork, calm blonde woods and a serenely glass-roofed bathroom put the zen in zenith, but should you fly too close to the sun, just pop downstairs for a dose of Shoreditch’s glacial cool.