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Before: The upper cabinets facing the dining room were removed to free up sightlines. The window was replaced with a sliding glass door, so the other exterior door could be removed to make space for a pantry.

London creative studio Unknown Works has bookended brick infill terrace house with two semi-detached additions to provide “space for a young family’s creative pursuits, ensuring the layout could be adapted for hosting parties and intimate family gatherings.” Designed as a kit of prefabricated structural panels in spruce cross-laminated timber (CLT)—chosen as a flexible, cost-effective, sustainable material technology—the additions were assembled on-site in just four days.

This home's different roof heights required a customizable, flexible building component to make the drawings a reality.

The prefab design utilizes a pin foundation system that reduces the project’s carbon footprint by 77 percent, says Wittman.

Interior living room with custom designed dining table and Floyd furniture

The house is cantilevered 60 feet out over the canyon

Living Room