Rear extension with exposed timber beams and a cantilevered roof canopy
A residential rear extension precedent featuring an exposed timber beam canopy that creates a sheltered outdoor transition space connecting interior living areas to a lush garden terrace.
- What we like about this project
- The slim steel fascia on the canopy edge makes the heavy timber beams appear to float effortlessly over the terrace.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- painted-brick
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- timber-joists
- cantilevered-canopy
- painted-brick
- glazed-opening
Style tags
- contemporary
- warm-modern
- residential
- contextual
Visual tags
- residential-extension
- indoor-outdoor
- timber-structure
- garden-view
- contemporary-traditional-mix
- Geometry
- Low rectangular pavilion extension featuring a deep cantilevered roof canopy with exposed timber glulam joists, stepping down to a stepped terrace and garden.
- Facade system
- Full-height sliding glass doors paired with painted white brickwork and structural timber framing.
- Structural guess
- Exposed glulam timber roof beams supported by steel columns and masonry bearing walls.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story rear extension viewed from the garden at human scale, framing domestic living and dining spaces.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight with soft filtered shade under the timber canopy and deep illumination within the interior room.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, inviting, and open, harmonizing structural timber with lush natural greenery.
- Environmental context
- Victorian brick rowhouse rear elevation with a contemporary ground-floor garden extension opening onto lush landscaping.
- Spatial experience
- The deep roof overhang blurs the threshold between the interior living space and the outdoor terraced garden, offering framed garden views from deep inside the plan.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating exposed timber roof beams set a measured horizontal and vertical grid extending outwards over the patio.
- Style reading
- Contemporary architectural intervention to a traditional brick vernacular
- Program
- Residential ground floor kitchen and dining extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, painted-brick, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- timber-joists, cantilevered-canopy, painted-brick, glazed-opening
- Style tags
- contemporary, warm-modern, residential, contextual
- Visual tags
- residential-extension, indoor-outdoor, timber-structure, garden-view, contemporary-traditional-mix
- Geometry
- Low rectangular pavilion extension featuring a deep cantilevered roof canopy with exposed timber glulam joists, stepping down to a stepped terrace and garden.
- Facade system
- Full-height sliding glass doors paired with painted white brickwork and structural timber framing.
- Structural guess
- Exposed glulam timber roof beams supported by steel columns and masonry bearing walls.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story rear extension viewed from the garden at human scale, framing domestic living and dining spaces.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight with soft filtered shade under the timber canopy and deep illumination within the interior room.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, inviting, and open, harmonizing structural timber with lush natural greenery.
- Environmental context
- Victorian brick rowhouse rear elevation with a contemporary ground-floor garden extension opening onto lush landscaping.
- Spatial experience
- The deep roof overhang blurs the threshold between the interior living space and the outdoor terraced garden, offering framed garden views from deep inside the plan.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating exposed timber roof beams set a measured horizontal and vertical grid extending outwards over the patio.
- Style reading
- Contemporary architectural intervention to a traditional brick vernacular
- Program
- Residential ground floor kitchen and dining extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture