Islington Architects: Residential Refurbishment in North London
A residential extension precedent featuring vertical timber cladding and a dramatic, black-framed picture window that doubles as an inhabited reading nook.
- What we like about this project
- The deep black window frame juts out slightly to create a sheltered micro-nook for the reader inside.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- metal
- plaster
Visual identifiers
- vertical-timber-cladding
- black-window-frame
- window-seat
- integrated-bookshelves
Style tags
- contemporary
- residential
- timber-detailing
Visual tags
- residential
- extension
- timber-cladding
- reading-nook
- daylight
- Geometry
- Low-slung orthogonal extension volume clad in vertical timber with a sharply framed, projecting black window aperture set centrally on the facade.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber batten rainscreen over insulated backing with a flush-mounted metal-trimmed picture window.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction on concrete foundations.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential extension, intimate human scale with a wide integrated window seat.
- Lighting
- Direct low-angle sunlight catches the vertical grain of the timber cladding and casts strong internal shadows behind the window frame.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, contemplative, and sheltered within the garden landscape.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential setting with neighboring boundary walls and soft planting in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- A framed window seat creates a direct visual connection between the interior study space and the front garden landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady vertical timber laths interrupted by the heavy, dark rectangular void of the picture window.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential vernacular
- Program
- Residential study / library reading nook
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, metal, plaster
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-timber-cladding, black-window-frame, window-seat, integrated-bookshelves
- Style tags
- contemporary, residential, timber-detailing
- Visual tags
- residential, extension, timber-cladding, reading-nook, daylight
- Geometry
- Low-slung orthogonal extension volume clad in vertical timber with a sharply framed, projecting black window aperture set centrally on the facade.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber batten rainscreen over insulated backing with a flush-mounted metal-trimmed picture window.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction on concrete foundations.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential extension, intimate human scale with a wide integrated window seat.
- Lighting
- Direct low-angle sunlight catches the vertical grain of the timber cladding and casts strong internal shadows behind the window frame.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, contemplative, and sheltered within the garden landscape.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential setting with neighboring boundary walls and soft planting in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- A framed window seat creates a direct visual connection between the interior study space and the front garden landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady vertical timber laths interrupted by the heavy, dark rectangular void of the picture window.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential vernacular
- Program
- Residential study / library reading nook
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture