A double height extension to a Grade II listed Georgian terraced house in Camden to house a workshop for clock restoration and extended family living space.  A lowered terrace and stepped planters bring natural light to the basement workshop, and a galvanised steel link bridge connects the ground floor dining space with the garden.

The extension is composed of two simple volumes: a glazed element comprising frameless structural glazing supported on slim timber clad steel flat plate, and a timber clad element accommodating cloakroom, store and doors to the garden.  Both volumes are clearly expressed externally and unify the quite different activities on both floors.  Full height glazing maximises light, and the slope of the glazed roof responds to the position of openings in the existing rear elevation.  A limited palette of everyday materials, carefully and simply detailed, is used throughout.  The result is two distinct but related spaces that are finely tuned to the scale, proportion and materiality of the existing house.

Client:  Private
Value:  undisclosed
Exhibited:  NLA ‘Don’t Move Improve’