London-based Fraher Architects have completed a house extension in Islington that is wrapped in larch batons and has a flower-covered roof. Adjoining the rear of the listed house, the timber-clad extension contains a study and a dining room with an oversized glass door to the garden. The roof over the dining room is split into two halves, which pitch in different directions and enable rainwater collection. Conceived as a series of jewelled boxes carefully inserted into the existing fabric, the proposals open up and revitalise what was a series of dark disjointed spaces. Timber and concrete have been combined in a simple palette of materials that wrap around the existing fabric, inviting the user through the space and into the garden. The remaining period architectural features are retained and celebrated whilst the rear addition utilises a double canted wildflower roof to bounce light deep into the floor plate. Please click through to Open House to see the full catelogue of buildings: The landscape was integral to the design ideas for the spaces, merging the garden into the building.
Photography is by Andy Matthews.
