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A rear extension that changed the whole house

A family in a Victorian terrace

  1. 01A rear extension that changed the whole house
  2. 02What changed
  3. 03Selected projects
  4. 04Thinking about a project?
A rear extension that changed the whole house

Not much more floor area, and a completely different house to live in.

The challenge

A dark, disconnected ground floor with the garden invisible from anywhere in the house, and a modest budget.

What we did

We spent the money on light and on one large opening rather than on floor area, reorganising the plan so the garden is visible from the front door.

The outcome

A smaller extension than the client first asked for, delivered within budget, and a ground floor that reads as twice the size.

Results

What changed

−30%
floor area vs. the original brief
Within
the original budget

Projects

Selected projects

Residential, commercial and cultural work.

A rear extension that changed the whole house

A family in a Victorian terrace · Residential

A rear extension that changed the whole house

Not much more floor area, and a completely different house to live in.

A workplace built around how the team actually works

A growing company taking its first building · Commercial

A workplace built around how the team actually works

Not an open plan, and not cellular offices either.

A listed barn brought into use

A private client · Heritage

A listed barn brought into use

Consent granted at the first attempt on a difficult building.

All projects

Thinking about a project?

The earliest conversations are the most valuable ones. Get in touch before the brief is fixed.

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