High-performance thermal envelope

25 Coleshill Road is a total reinvention of ‘the ugly duckling’ on the street into a sustainable, contemporary detached family home. The clients brief to us included the reconfiguration of all the internal spaces, a near rear/side extension to incorporate a family area and the addition of new modern dormers to the top floor to improve usability.   Ben Tynegate The existing dwelling had a very distinctive presence on the street as a standalone three-storey house painted in white, that differed from the surrounding Victorian traditional red-brick dwellings. The anomalies of the existing house presented an opportunity to design in partnership with the clients something that is both sensitive to the surrounding area whils... More