House Extension

A mid terraced house flanked on both sides by neighbouring extensions suffered a lack of natural light despite the rear of the property facing south.

A new extension across the width of the terrace provides a new living room accessed from an upper level open plan kitchen in the remodelled existing house. The form of the extension was very much influenced by the existing condition with a mono-pitched roof and stepped floor plan employed to minimise overshadowing to the neighbours.  An elevated glazed section of roof was devised to maintain physical and visual links out from the kitchen to the garden and allotments beyond.

The new form is finished in vertical cedar cladding to clearly distinguish it from the existing house. The timber will eventually bleach to sparkling silver under direct sunlight and blend with the aluminium capping and smooth render on the side boundary walls giving a homogenous aesthetic.