Planning approval has been granted for a new 3 bedroom house in Lower Clapton, East London. The house occupies a vacant site at the end of a large garden adjacent to an end of terrace Victorian house. The new house is contemporary and designed to sit comfortably in its context. The ground floor is open plan living space with access to two glazed courtyards and filling the footprint of the site. A smaller rectilinear two storey copper clad upper element sits above and contains the bedroom spaces. Construction is planned to start on site in 2019.

No. 4 Brookfield Road is a lovely spacious semi-detached three-storey period house located on the east side of Brookfield Road near to Victoria Park in a conservation area.

This project removed an existing rear conservatory that was only usable for short periods of the year depending on the weather. It was not well connected to the rest of the house due to a narrow entrance and steps, and blocked daylight entering the lower ground floor level from the rear and views out into the garden.

The proposal replaced the conservatory with an open plan glazed extension open to the lower ground floor kitchen space, easily accessible and far better integrated with the main house, and providing good access to the rear garden.

The lower ground floor space was also opened up to provide a large kitchen/dining/living family space more suited to the occupants needs and modern demands.

To maximise daylight into the kitchen and lower ground floor, the existing kitchen rear wall was opened up to the new extension. A large rooflight located near to the new opening to the kitchen, and the fully glazed rear elevation of the new extension, provides good levels of daylight into the existing kitchen and lower ground floor and provide clear views out into the garden.

Full height sliding glazed doors provide views out into the garden, good levels of daylight, and open up during the warmer time of the year.

The floor level of the new extension is set between the kitchen and garden levels and the steps between located for ease of use and to improve accessibility around the lower ground floor and out into the garden.

Completed 2017

Section drawing

This is a collaboration with In.kognito Architektur for a private house near to the centre of Nürnberg. The design responds to the clients particular requirements and to house part of their growing art collection. The house is organised around a double height central glazed courtyard with tree that is open to the outside. The living spaces are open plan arranged around the glazed courtyard at ground level, with bedrooms, studio and guest room at 1st floor, and a basement level for storage, services and a fitness room. Durable natural materials – timber, concrete, stone, glass – are used throughout.

This is the excavation and conversion of an existing basement storage area below a Victorian terraced house in Hackney, East London. The basement was excavated to achieve sufficient head room and new structure installed to the support the house above. A drained cavity membrane and pump system was used to ensure the basement was fully waterproof. A new front lightwell and rear window provide a good level of daylighting and views out augmented with uplighters washing the walls and ceiling. A cement based wearing screed with underfloor heating was used for the floor finish. The studio was fitted out with bespoke built-in perimeter desking, storage wall and kitchenette.

A 3 story victorian terraced house that was in a very poor state at purchase and required complete refurbishment. The loft was converted and extended with a rear dormer to provide a large bedroom space with ensuite on the top floor.

The kitchen was extended out to the side with a side infill extension at ground level. The extension has a flat roof to enable the ceiling throughout the enlarged kitchen to be aligned and to minimise the impact of the extension on the neighbour next door. A large flat rooflight and full height glazing looking out onto the garden provides for good levels of daylight and sunlight into the kitchen. Large format porcelain tiles provide a light coloured floor finish. The kitchen is bespoke by a local furniture maker with resin quartz worktops.

Private client, completed autumn 2015.

Loft conversion with rear dormer extension recently completed in Walthamstow E17, East London to create a master bedroom space with ensuite. Loft conversions are a cost effective way to extend a house if the existing roof is suitable and the ridge high enough. For this project the loft floor and ceiling to the 1st floor bedrooms below had to be lowered as the existing roof space was marginally too low. A full width dormer extension carried out under permitted development rules was added to the rear and a certificate of lawfulness secured (to avoid potential future conveyancing problems). A large window and rooflight together with light coloured finishes provide a well lit and pleasant space to use.

Home owner client. Build cost £30k.

Planning approval has been secured by Hardcastle Architects to improve the main entrance, reception and overall entrance experience at the Larkswood Primary School. New gates and improved security from the street, external landscaping, lighting, seating, cycle parking, trees, benches, entrance canopy, new glazed reception screen and doors, new reception and an additional meeting room are to be provided. The additional internal spaces has been found through the rationalization of underused and poorly planned internal space.

Works are due to commence early 2016.