The need for change

A growing family needed the space for family life to flourish. A wrap-around rear extension creates an open-plan cooking, eating, entertaining and playing area.

Daylight and nightlight.

A vast rooflight gives light over the DeVol kitchen.

Crittall-style doors open out to the garden.

A south-facing clearstory window provides side-light; as if from nowhere.

Materials

A limited palette of ‘raw’ materials are composed to enhance their tactile qualities.

· Galvanised steel

· Polished concrete

· Black engineering brick

· Black stained timber cladding

· A subtle choice of paint colours

KNOTTARCHITECTS.

A small Architecture studio with a passion for good design.

Over 25 years of crafting unique, individual homes in North London. In-house Town Planning and Interior Design skills augment the professional architects service that ensure a creatively inspired and professionally managed project from beginning to end.