CAN adds blue and white striped extension to London house
Architecture studio CAN has added a blue and white striped extension to a Victorian terrace in London, which features a statement pink curtain.
CAN extended and renovated the house's kitchen adding a side extension that expanded the room to fill the entire width of the site and a small rear extension. The studio named the project A Brockley Side.
The studio used different materials to define the three volumes ? the original building and two extension ? on the rear facade.
The small white rear extension has slatted-timber stripes painted in blue to create a stripped look. The colour was chosen to complement both the exterior patio and resin floor inside.
"The blue was a happy medium between the dark blue patio and light grey used elsewhere," Mat Barnes, founder of CAN, told Dezeen.
The side extension, which has a glazed roof, is finished with a white ribbed facade. Its boundary wall is clad in square, glossy white tiles, which continue inside behind a shelf of plants that runs towards the back of the extension.
The third volume is the original house, which is made from the original brick masonry painted white.
The studio installed a large, glazed pivot door at the rear of the room to give unobstructed views to the garden.
A pink curtain can be drawn for shading and privacy, and adds a "visual counterpoint" to the extension's pastel colour palette.
On the wall beside the pivot door, the studio placed a strip of tiles to reference where the previo...
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