Alexander Martin Architects has extra a three-storey extension to a Victorian house in north London, featuring brick walls and a big window dealing with out to the garden (+ slideshow).
The addition to a home in the city’s Crouch Finish neighbourhood was designed by Alexander Martin Architects to exchange a two-storey extension that failed to generate an acceptable connection between the authentic rooms and the backyard.
“The style emerged from issues with efficiency and connectivity within the original layout,” explained Martin, whose preceding projects consist of a loft conversion with a research hidden behind a moving wall.
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“The new extension is an integral addition to the unique creating, whereby rather than remaining as a detached space, it maximises the circulation of the all round residence plan whilst adhering to floor ranges dictated by the existing landings.”
The property is situated in a conservation location surrounded by an eclectic combine of buildings, which influenced the choice to develop a contemporary structure. But brickwork facades have been additional to echo the materiality of the original property.
“The locale hosts a distinct combine of developing types,” the architects explained. “The ambition was to imbue the connection amongst the current and proposed with a palette of these contradictions and harmonies.”
In addition to the red brickwork cladding, a zinc-clad roof and matching openable window sections in painted timber contribute to a materials palette that is anticipated to age attractively over time.
A door introduced at reduce ground-floor level provides an additional entrance that opens onto a corridor leading in the direction of the new kitchen and dining location.
This space adjoins present residing regions, such as a research and household room. The aim is to enhance circulation between the previous and new elements of the residence, but also to allow activities to spill out onto the rear backyard.
Stairs off the entrance corridor ascend to the first floor, which accommodates an open-plan dressing area and bathroom for the self-contained master suite that occupies the extension’s upper amounts.
A cantilevered oak staircase leads from the bathroom to the bedroom on the leading floor, which opens onto a terrace overlooking the backyard.
The interior palette is simple and muted, with exposed ceiling joists and the frameless windows improving the sense of area all through the extension.
Full-height windows on each and every degree make sure the rooms are filled with normal light and views of the surrounding neighbourhood.
Other recent extensions to classic London properties incorporate a sunken glass box extra to a 19th-century home, and a pair of little additions to a brick terraced house that include a examine and shower area.
Photography is by Peter Cook.
Ground floor strategy – click for more substantial image 
First floor program – click for larger image 
2nd floor plan – click for larger image 
Segment – click for more substantial image 
