Owen Reece / Architects

Today we have submitted this modest side extension for planning in Dublin , looking to unlock the potential of the house. With a growing family the clients are looking to create a better flow throughout the ground floor, allowing for a separate living room as the kids get older. A new top, front and side lit dining area flows out from a new central kitchen and living space beyond, with better connectivity to the garden.

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Derbyshire house
03 Original and Completed

The additional storey to the main elevation, provides a more balanced and better proportioned house. Existing render has been renewed with a modern thru-coloured alternative in off-white and all windows have been replaced with better performing double glazed units in Dark Grey. The existing kitchen canopy and main entrance have been re-constructed to provide better insulated spaces with a new roof light and internal vision panel introduced to further borrow light into the snug area.
The existing brick was dull and partially consumed by climbing ivy, the opportunity was therefore taken to introduce a new material, namely western red cedar, to form a new natural cloak to the ground floor, visually unifying the scheme with a more contemporary aesthetic. The cedar will settle in and hopefully weather back in time. A renewal of the previous roof finish was also opted for, using fibre cement slate effect tiles in dark grey to unify and balance the overall house aesthetic.