IF YOU LIVE in a one-bedroom apartment and feel space is a little tight, then check out this little beauty.
Originally a mid-terrace one-bedroom dwelling with a small back garden, ODOS Architects took it in hand to create a spacious light-filled award-winning gem.
The brief they were given was to ‘refurbish the existing dwelling and improve the connection between living areas and the limited external space, while providing as much extra floor space as possible.’
The site was very tight and that limited how much the architects could do, but it also quickly suggested the basic form of the new rear extension.
This new structure was conceived as a simple form which connected at ground floor level with the rear of the main house.
A fully glazed ground floor elevation means that the whole extension is light-filled.
Connecting to the main house, the new extension is partially sunk in order to not block any light from the existing house. It’s constructed in fair-faced concrete which gives a smooth finish in a neutral palette – which is echoed throughout internally.
Inside, black terrazzo floors has been used throughout the whole space with white walls and white, recessed flush units creating a calm, bright, modern space. The bathrooms are clad in full-height basalt stone slabs.
Outside, white gravel finishes off the courtyard with a fair-faced concrete deck and dog kennel as well as a small mature olive tree.
See more of ODOS Architects’ work here
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