Architecture studio Unknown Works has extended a semi-detached house in east London, adding vibrant yellow-rendered forms to its front and rear.
Named CLT House after its cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure, the project was completed for a family who wanted additional space for musical and creative pursuits, as well as parties and family gatherings.
Unknown Works has extended a semi-detached house in east London
Unknown Works remodelled and extended the existing home's ground floor to open up its cramped living areas while improving its connection to the rear garden.
Entered through a bespoke timber pivot door housed in an oversized yellow entrance, a new axis through the home leads to a skylit kitchen and dining area.
Yellow-rendered forms have been added to the front and rear The kitchen and diner are housed in the bright yellow rear extension that opens onto the garden's brick-paved patio.
Planning requirements dictated that the extension's form be staggered, which Unknown Works used as an opportunity to incorporate a bright yellow planter for a small herb garden overlooked by the kitchen window.
The rear extension has a staggered form
Between CLT House's new dining room and the existing living room, sliding glass doors open onto a small white-pebble courtyard, creating a circular route through the ground floor as well as providing ventilation.
For the structure, Unknown Works designed a kit of prefabricated structural panels in spruce CLT, which allowed the project t...