a house of birch
An asymmetric cedar clad extension featuring a large-scale pivot door adds a contemporary kitchen, dining and living area to a three-bed terrace in Teddington, South west London. Birch joinery designed by architect Forgeworks features throughout, bringing cohesion across the interiors...
In addition to creating space for cooking and entertaining, the brief from the owners – a young couple about to start a family – included bringing more natural light into the rear north-facing side of the house and adding storage across the ground floor. Forgeworks’ design overcomes the
problems found in many mid-sized terraces, including low ceilings, a hallway with no ‘touch down’ space, a narrow galley kitchen, and small living and dining rooms. The new extension reflects the owners’
love of Scandinavian design, with clean lines and a material palette of natural wood, white painted exposed brick walls, stainless steel backsplash and pale grey concrete worktop and kitchen island. Maximising natural light, the pivot door
reads almost as a picture window when closed and creates a seamless connection to the new garden terrace when open. At over 2 x 2m, its size is unusual in an extension of this scale and its minimal appearance belies the careful engineering required to place the offset tight to the wall. Care was also taken to conceal the
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