Criss Cross House, Hertfordshire Property
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Criss Cross House, Hertfordshire
30 May 2022
Location: Hertfordshire, England, UK
Design: Ashton Porter Architects
Photos by Andy Stagg
Criss Cross House in Hertfordshire is one of 17 projects which received a 2022 RIBA East Award.
Criss Cross House, Hertfordshire, England
Jury Report
Criss Cross House is a simple side extension to a semi-detached house, set in rolling farmland in Hertfordshire?s green belt. The new addition provides two square volumes in plan: a living room, set off from an opening in the flank wall of the original house by a glazed dégagement, and a simple single storey garage block. The two volumes are linked by a gate that opens onto the garden at the rear. All these elements are faced in charred timber on a timber frame. The house takes its name from the 12mm plywood gridshell ceiling of the new addition, which supports a sedum roof.
From having little visual relationship with its surroundings, the house now luxuriates in views from three sides of the new living space. Carefully sized openings frame particular views and the room is animated by the light introduced and by the views set up across and through the space to the garden and to the opposite hillside. Thoughtful detailing and resolution help pull this new space into a successful totality with the original house and with the garden. The architects have created for their delighted clients a joyous space that completes ...
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