Damian Howkins Architects have been appointed to extensively remodel and extend a terraced Victorian property adjacent to Columbia Road Flower Market in East London. Our client has asked us to assist with extending the property at ground floor level and rationalising the current bedroom arrangement to meet the needs of their family. The garden space between the existing rear closet wing on the side of the terrace are generally under used due to no direct access from the main house. The proposed changes aim to create a larger, brighter and more usable kitchen/dining area at ground floor whilst enhancing the connection with the garden. The dark 'sooty' bricks were chosen to provide a subtle contrast to the existing London stock brickwork on the host building. A board marked concrete lintel completes the new extension and responds to the adopted elevational treatment within the streetscape.