"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." - Frank Lloyd Wright. The brief for Aden Grove was to increase the size and re-plan the layout for the Kitchen and Dining Room areas and to provide a much-needed additional Bedroom. The previously approved planning permission had proposed an additional Bedroom adjacent to the garden at ground floor level. In this scheme preference was given to grouping all the Bedrooms at first floor level to keep all private areas separate from the semi-public and public areas at ground floor level. Initially it had been intended to construct a full width extension at ground and first floor levels. The first floor extension was to be set back from the ground floor extension to create an accessible roof terrace through which natural light could penetrate via a large flush-glazed rooflight. It was envisaged that the entire addition would be constructed in timber with timber cladding. A timber armature was incorporated into the design to form a link between the ground and first floor extensions and to provide a structure to support a timber sun screen. It was also envisaged that this element would form a frame into which a trellis for planting to give privacy to the neighbouring property could be constructed. Unfortunately Hackney Council took issue with the size and appearance of the addition and asked that it be scaled back as can be seen in the accompanying photo. Although Hackney Council were comfortable with the timber cladding at ground floor level they preferred that the cladding at first floor level be in a brick to match the existing brickwork.