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Natural Materials, Natural Light by Cairn Architects
Cairn Architects refurbished a Victorian terrace in Islington and added a daylight-led rear extension with a glazed pantry at its core.
- Practice
- Cairn Architects
- Year
- 2018
- Project size
- 180 sq m
- Building levels
- 3
- Photographer
- Anna Stathaki and Peter Landers
The project
In a Victorian terraced house in Islington, north London, Cairn restored the existing fabric and added a rear extension for a young family. The project was delivered in phases so that limits on time and budget never compromised quality. Existing surfaces were carefully revived using long-lasting natural materials, and the new rear volume opens onto the garden as a calm family room.
At its centre, a glazed pantry doubles as a daylight box: an internal window draws light into the home office, while full-height glass doors carry it through to the depths of the kitchen beyond.
Project size 180 sq m, completed 2018, across three levels.
Architect: Cairn (Kieran Hawkins). Photographs: Anna Stathaki and Peter Landers.
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