This is the rehabilitation and expansion of a building in the historic center of Leiria for two- family housing. The total recovery of the existing façade is based on a very common language of the city of Leiria, with the openings in bordeaux and white colors, surrounded by stonework.
Having moved from a substantial loft apartment to a Victorian terrace, the clients were keen to recapture the open sense of space and light their former home had offered. The brief called for an open space that could be adapted for either entertaining, dining or relaxing simply by moving loose furniture.
Ridge Road is the extension and refurbishment of an end of terrace Edwardian home in Crouch End. Two new single storey extensions connect to an existing dining area, housing a new kitchen and sun room which together create a contemporary open plan living area at the rear of the property.
If your house isn’t quite working for you, it can be tricky to put your finger on why. Often, that’s because it’s a combination of things. In this case, the spaces didn’t quite flow, the basement was dark, and there was little connection between inside and out.
An architect and her partner, parents of twins, called upon APPAREIL Architecture to design the expansion and refurbishing of a veterans’ home in Verdun. The client, Catherine Gauthier, being an architect herself, the project was conceptualized through collaboration and communication among all parties.
Utilising modern construction techniques, this Elsternwick two-storey addition to the rear of a mid-century home is sympathetic to its origins, but unashamedly modern, fulfilling the needs for a growing family.
Peckham kitchen is a small-scale extension to a three-storey Victorian townhouse in South London for a family of four. Located on a compact plot, the house had hardly any outdoor space: only one small patio.
The existing property consisted of a Grade 2 listed double fronted Victorian house. Connected to the house was a disused cattle shed and beyond that a ruin, which was a former parchment factory and a scheduled monument.
The set of buildings is located in the center of the Portuguese city of Maia, a neighboring town of Porto, and has its origins in an early 20th-century farmhouse, once part of a larger estate.
We were approached by the owners of Moor House in Camberwell to transform this double fronted Victorian house into a more welcoming and expansive home for their family.
This plywood-lined loft extension housing a child’s bedroom is conceived of as a ‘Treehouse’ – a perfect hideaway in which to rest and play, atop this north London family home.
The proposal, located within the Winchester City Conservation area, comprises of a full width ground floor extension, extending 1500mm out from the existing rear extension footprint.
