Located in Leytonstone, a borough with many expanding young families within East London, the client had an urgent need to create more space for their growing family of four. The studio was tasked with a brief for a wrap around extension at ground level for a new kitchen, dining and living space, along with a loft extension above. Creating a contrast between the old and the new, vertical Sugi-ban cladding is used for the extension volumes, giving them a distinct character in comparison to the London stock brickwork on the existing building.