The modern extension and landscape elements create apertures that frame views of activity on the adjacent canal. Referencing the work of the Italian architect Carlo Scarpa, an inverted box rooflight punctuates a dining space, just inside the extension from the garden. A sitting area in the open-plan kitchen is similarly zoned by another rooflight, this one conversely set into a deep reveal, framing a view of the sky. The depth of this rooflight opening contributes to the perception of the ceiling and roof as a solid white plane in the architectural composition, as expressed on the rear elevation. The steel frame of the new structure is exposed, and finished in an intumescent paint that mimics the colour of the standard red oxide primer—as if the project is still in the process of construction. Coloured films applied to glazed elements recall the polychromatic lead-light front door of the original house.

Team:

Architects: WILLIAM TOZER Associates

Construction: Techbuild Construction Ltd.

Building Control: Stroma

Engineers: Blue Engineering

Photographer: Lucasz Wielkoszynski

Materials Used:

Dining Table Chairs by Marcel Breuer

Kitchen Joinery Works by Techbuild Construction Ltd.

WC basin by Arezzo

Micro cement floor tiles by Concept Tiles

Timber floor by Along the Grain

Glazing by Cortizo

Paint Finish by Farrow & Ball in Dimity

Staircase by DDC London Ltd.

Stainless Steel Worktop by GEC Anderson

Coloured Film Installation by PFS Global

WC tiles by Mandarin Stone

WC by Duravit

Kitchen tap by Quooker

Kitchen appliances by Smeg

Living Room Sofa by Roche Bobois

Modular Console by USM

Light fittings, wall lights and kitchen pendant by Skinflint Design