Proctor & Shaw has completed an L-shaped extension with angular glazing that connects a terraced house in southwest London to its leafy garden.
The Quarter Glass House project overseen by London studio Proctor & Shaw involved the refurbishment of ground-floor spaces at an Edwardian property in Wimbledon Park.
Glass Quarter House links a London terrace to its garden
The new extension replaces a leaky PVC conservatory at the rear of the terraced house. It contains a kitchen and dining area designed to fulfil the client's request for spaces with as much light and height as possible.
The project involved lowering the floor level throughout the entrance level and creating a gradually stepped transition towards a rear garden that is 1.2 metres lower. It has an angular form and openings that bring light inside
"There's a lovely movement in this space," said the studio's co-founder Mike Shaw, "a gradual progression from the house through the new space out to the garden, articulated through stepped plateaus that give the clients distinctly separate zones despite there really being one large space."
Neighbouring extensions on either side of the site informed the design of an L-shaped addition with angular openings, used to optimise light levels whilst preventing overlooking.
Its timber structure is exposed across the ceiling
The project takes its name from the triangular windows found in some older car models. Just like these cars, the Quarter Glass House ...