Set in Langside, amidst Glasgow’s historic fabric of terraced houses and tenement blocks, the single-storey extension with patio replaces a former rear addition and detached garage at the end of a terrace. Mature hedges and boundary walls create the strong boundaries of the plot, carving out a quiet pocket of green within its urban fabric.

The addition redefines the circulation of the property, turning a straight corridor into an L-shaped sequence that opens into a generous open-plan kitchen, dining, and living space. While large openings connect the building to its broader garden setting, smaller, seat-framed windows, offer intimate views by focusing on the texture and patina of boundary walls, or drawing the eye back along the existing fabric of the building.

Horizontal sandstone courses contrast the vertical seams of the new zinc cladding. While the subdued façades of the extension recede into the background, the garden takes visual precedence with its plants reflected in the large sliding glass. A continuous floor surface from entry to patio, makes movement through the space as immersive as a walk in the green.

We often seek the opposite. Here, it’s the untouched, the leftover garden, that gives meaning.  It is in the embrace of absence, not form, that the property finds its character being at the end of the block.