Residential extension

Tor Bryan is the renovation and extension of a 1960s mid-century modern home in Ingatestone, Essex. Designed by Brian Heron of Tidal Architects, the project transforms a compact, enclosed kitchen into an open-plan family space while preserving the distinctive geometry of the original house. Caption The property forms part of a modernist estate developed between the 1960s and early 1970s. Its curved, barrel-shaped entrance pod provided the starting point for the extension’s design. Rather than introducing a separate architectural language, the new addition carries this curvature towards the garden through timber cladding, bespoke glazing and coordinated interior detailing. IQ Glass designed, supplied and installed the specialist... More