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Stacked Tile Extension

Wandsworth

Project Details

£100,000 to £249,999

Alteration to existing property, Within a Conservation Area

Practice

YARD Architects

Suite 104 , 65 Glasshill Street , London , SE1 0QR , United Kingdom

This infill extension forms part of the re-working of the whole house in Balham, for a couple who became new parents as the project neared completion. The scheme including new utility and bathrooms, and the large kitchen dining space opening out onto a re-landscaped garden, providing them with a light and well organised modern family home. The infill extension is unique in it’s construction, using stacked clay creasing tiles to form the solid elements to both the rear and courtyard elevations. Ordinarily used in arts and crafts detailing, the creasing tiles are expansively used to define the new addition as distinct from the original house. The colour and detail references the red brickwork and ornate Victorian detailing to the street elevation of the house, which was the key concept in bringing an element of craftsmanship and interest to an otherwise plain rear composition.