This Victorian terraced house located in London, United Kingdom, has been redesigned and extended in 2020 by Bureau de Change Architects.

Description
This rear extension and refurbishment to a Victorian terraced house in South London, applies a questioning approach to produce an unconventional arrangement of interlocking geometric glass volumes which reveal a sequence of compelling interior spaces.
Here we challenged standard solutions to planning rules which determine a 45-degree angle between surrounding properties, instead achieving the maximum envelope possible with purely rectilinear forms that are staggered and stepped at the boundaries. This complex design of interconnected forms is drawn from the geometry of the site and its adjacencies ? with volumes extruded in different directions, some sitting beneath the original house and others expanding outwards. The detailing of this structure features a technically complex steel-frame construction reminiscent of the museum case, combining fragility with solidity in a manner that represents an antidote to the frameless glass extensions of the past decade. The rhythm and logic of rectilinear offsetting is echoed throughout the rest of the ground floor plan, with undulating levels designed to curate views and delineate spaces. Moving down through the space from the kitchen at the front, views of the extension reveal themselves through a journey of discovery ? the space is not in one glance. This slowing-down...