A basement flat renovated and extended to connect with its garden. Completed while working at Douglas and King Architects, we were architects for this refurbishment and extension project on a grade 2 listed building in College Cross in Islington. Our design intentions were double sided – we wanted to express a clear distinction between new and old at the same time as blurring the boundaries between inside and outside. We treated the project as a landscape rather than a building and we were particularly sensitive to textures, surfaces, and connectivity. The new glass extension is set down so that it doesn’t disturb the living room’s flow towards the garden.