above the doors is clad in a frameless mirror. This creates the illusion there is no wall and the ceiling is continuous, making the space feel open at all times. lsehee a glass  oo eteen the fi st and second  oos coined ith a lage oo ight aove ings natual light and vies of the sky down two levels into the building, while the open-riser staircase allows the light to continue onwards, down another storey to the gound  oo n the sitting oo hich has the taditional layout o a cental fi elace with recesses on either side, each recess is fully mirrored. This creates a visual ‘doubling’ of the living space, which gives the impression that the project is a conversion of not one, but two terraced houses. “My parents were architects,” explains Lily. “And my inspiration came from visits to various architecturally interesting buildings over the yeas  like inialist achitectue ith soe sian in uences y avouite at o this house is the coutyad on the gound  oo hich reminds me of my childhood home in Asia, where such courtyards are very common for light and air circulation.”


Achieving such ambitious goals in an


Edwardian terrace on a London street has oved challenging hoeve he fi st hudle to overcome was the question of planning permission. The home is in a conservation area, so there were restrictions on the materials


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Lily and Al could choose and the scale of any additions lthough the gound  oo etension is uilt using theally efi cient cavity asony walls with reclaimed London stock brick on the exterior, they were able to use more modern materials on the small dormer extension to the loft. This was built using highly insulated timber frame construction techniques and clad in zinc. The couple also upgraded the huge roof


throughout, so it is now fully insulated. With such a comprehensive renovation, it was a natural step to include the replacement of all the glazing in their home. To the front, the Edwardian facade has new, traditional casement windows which were replicated like-for-like in timber. To the rear, however, they chose modern aluminium- framed windows by Velfac. These windows offer a very slim frame and trickle vents that can be concealed internally, giving the appearance of ‘frameless’ windows that almost seem to be voids and  ood the hoe ith light To gain permission for these changes,


Tozer Associates found they had to engage the local council’s planning department with an outstanding design stategy n addition to taking account of the conservation area restrictions, they were able to overcome potential concerns about height at the boundary and light to neighbouring properties by proposing a joint application with the neighbouring home (also clients of Tozer Associates). This means that both properties now


AL & LILY’S TOP TIPS


* Do your research


* Be prepared for challenges


* Renovating your home is a big challenge, but the eads ae defi nitely worth it


* Hire a good architect and builder


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