Modern Side Extension
Queens Park
This project in Queens Park, London, transforms a typical terraced property dealing with light penetration issues and disconnected social spaces. The goal was to unify these areas, enhance light quality, strengthen garden connection, and make use of the neglected side alley.
Eschewing standard extension approaches, the design lets the house volume integrate with a brick pier, creating a blend of solid and void. This blurs boundaries between new and old, and inside and outside. Aluminum doors and frameless rooflight glazing dissolve these distinctions, enabling light to fill the property. Importantly, this angled form reduces impact on neighbors and aligns with conservation guidelines, minimizing planning risk.
Internally, materials such as polished concrete, brick, oak, and white sprayed joinery provide context and warmth, avoiding a cold, clinical aesthetic. This efficient, modern extension respects planning considerations and offers a solution that could be replicated in similar settings.
Light / Long and Tall View
Slim aluminum bi-fold doors and frameless rooflight glazing effectively blur the line between interior and exterior, virtually transforming the outside into an additional room of the house while enabling natural light to flood deep into the property.
Craft / Beautifully Composed
Externally, the design merges brick, glass, and bi-fold doors into a sophisticated three-dimensional arrangement that respects the conservation area. Internally, the choice of materials — polished concrete floors, brick, European oak, and white sprayed MDF joinery — exudes warmth and simplicity.
