A modern, wooden extension on a historic brick townhouse at dusk. Large glass doors reveal a cozy interior with a table and chairs. The garden in the foreground has a small greenhouse and is bordered by brick walls.

Buckingham Road

London, England

2011

Client Private Client

Buildings · Private Homes

With a view to creating more space and also rationalising the circulation throughout the interior space, this semi-detached home in London’s De Beauvoir neighourbood was entirely stripped and refurbished, adding to it a modest two-story extension. The added space replaced a hodgepodge of efforts to extend the home with a single unifying new addition, taking the chance to bring in new features such as a green roof.

A dining area with a wooden table and mismatched chairs sits in a room with large glass windows. The table has a laptop and candle on it. The clear view outside shows brick walls and a partly cloudy sky. Hanging lights are above the table.

Modern home exterior at dusk with large glass sliding doors. Interior shows a dining table with chairs, contemporary lighting, and a minimalist kitchen. Soft outdoor lighting contrasts with the warm, inviting glow inside.

The extension’s exterior was imagined as a sequence of timber panels framed by a galvanized steel band that relates to the new organisation of space inside. The ground floor kitchen and dining area is visually open to the garden, surrounded on two sides by full height windows and a sliding glass door.