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Project posted by WILLIAM TOZER Associates

Canal House

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Location
England, United Kingdom
Year
2024
Structure
House (Single Residence)
Style
Modern
The kitchen cabinets are expressed as furnishings within the sculptural architectural space, finished variously in timber and stainless steel.
The kitchen cabinets are expressed as furnishings within the sculptural architectural space, finished variously in timber and stainless steel.
A casual dining area is nestled behind one of the blade walls that form the rear elevation is top-lit by an inverted rooflight.
A casual dining area is nestled behind one of the blade walls that form the rear elevation is top-lit by an inverted rooflight.
Views out of the extension are mediated by four different types of aperture—a recessed rooflight, an inverted rooflight, frameless gazing, and a clear opening when the doors are open. The view is then further shaped by the garden fences, and storage unit, which frame a view of the canal.
Views out of the extension are mediated by four different types of aperture—a recessed rooflight, an inverted rooflight, frameless gazing, and a clear opening when the doors are open. The view is then further shaped by the garden fences, and storage unit, which frame a view of the canal.
The new structure is concealed in the extension, and expressed in the existing house, the finished paint colour recalling the oxide primer at the time of installation.
The new structure is concealed in the extension, and expressed in the existing house, the finished paint colour recalling the oxide primer at the time of installation.
The staircase references the Stack sculptures of Donald Judd, while polychromatic guarding recalls the lead-light original front door.
The staircase references the Stack sculptures of Donald Judd, while polychromatic guarding recalls the lead-light original front door.
Concealed fire doors make the minimally altered ground floor feel more open-plan, while new frameless glazing to the rear elevation creates an art-like framed view of the garden.
Concealed fire doors make the minimally altered ground floor feel more open-plan, while new frameless glazing to the rear elevation creates an art-like framed view of the garden.
Concealed fire doors make the minimally altered ground floor feel more open-plan, while new frameless glazing to the rear elevation creates an art-like framed view of the garden.
Concealed fire doors make the minimally altered ground floor feel more open-plan, while new frameless glazing to the rear elevation creates an art-like framed view of the garden.
A wall of the ground-floor WC room is clad in striking green stone from floor to ceiling.
A wall of the ground-floor WC room is clad in striking green stone from floor to ceiling.
The visual layering of apertures in the architecture of the garden and the extension provide the house with privacy from views from the canal, and framed views of the canal from the house
The visual layering of apertures in the architecture of the garden and the extension provide the house with privacy from views from the canal, and framed views of the canal from the house
The visual layering of apertures in the architecture of the garden and the extension provide the house with privacy from views from the canal, and framed views of the canal from the house
The visual layering of apertures in the architecture of the garden and the extension provide the house with privacy from views from the canal, and framed views of the canal from the house
Axonometric view
Axonometric view

Details

Square Feet
1076

Credits

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Architect
Builder
Techbuild Ltd
Photographer
Lukasz Wielkoszynkski
Publications
Archello
Rethinking the Future

From WILLIAM TOZER Associates

The modern extension and landscape elements create apertures that frame views of activity on the adjacent canal. Referencing the work of the Italian architect Carlo Scarpa, an inverted box rooflight punctuates a dining space, just inside the extension from the garden. A sitting area in the open-plan kitchen is similarly zoned by another rooflight, this one conversely set into a deep reveal, framing a view of the sky. The depth of this rooflight opening contributes to the perception of the ceiling and roof as a solid white plane in the architectural composition, as expressed on the rear elevation. The steel frame of the new structure is exposed, and finished in an intumescent paint that mimics the colour of the standard red oxide primer—as if the project is still in the process of construction. Colored films applied to glazed elements recall the polychromatic lead-light front door of the original house.