Jeweller's house II, Clapton, London
After 5 years living in their house designed by our practice the family had outgrown their home and were in need of a more spacious property. They found a appropriate house and contacted Ben Kuenzel Architecture again to extend and reconfiguring the house. The design included underpinning the basement and installing a waterproofing system to accommodate a guest bedroom with en-suit bathroom, a snug and a utility room. A side return extension was added to create a larger dining kitchen area. A pergola which is partly glazed was designed to interlink the house to the garden via a transition zone. The new garden layout included a trampoline, a garden shed and pizza oven. A roof extension was added to provide two further bedrooms and a bathroom. When extending the roof the bonnet was added to the front, a feature that these Victorian houses originally had and that was removed in a former refurbishment. The front garden was redesigned to accommodate bike storage on two levels by Bikebox Works Ltd. Besides rebuilding parts of the unsound structure, the whole envelope was insulated and new doors and windows were installed throughout. The client was very specific in their choice of colour and finish internally. In every room the wall and ceiling finish was chosen. The client choose it in combination with varnished timber of exposed floor joists of the kitchen ceiling, new panelling in the stair case or tongue and groove cladding in the loft. In places the raw wall with timber stud-work and brick infill was kept exposed.
View of pergola, side return and loft extension from garden.
View through from kitchen dining to living and stair into basement.
View of glass roof of new side return extension from living.
View from stair into basement towards dining/ kitchen area.
Kitchen from Howdens with bespoke fronts.
Entrance hall with new timber panelling leading to the upper storeys.
Original conservatory door refurbished and used in new opening between receptions.
Wardrobe of entrance hall projecting into front reception.
Family bathroom with walk in shower.
Bed in reconstructed bonnet.
Timber clad chimney breast and exposed steel structure.
Landing in loft with sky light in ceiling above stair.
Shower room in attic with stripy tiling and glass bricks.
Timber structure of pergola with raised planter.
Exposed wall structure in living room and new panelling in entrance hall.
Sketch of reclaimed conservatory door between front and rear reception.
Drawing of new timber panellin for stair case.
Steel / timber structure for rebuilding the former bonnet.
Timber structure for loft extension on main building.
Refurbished facade with extensions before external works.
Pergola to garden with pizza oven and raised planter with seating.
View from street with new roof, windows and bike boxes.