Dovercourt Low Carbon — Burgess Architects
A residential rear extension by Burgess Architects that blends buff brickwork and standing-seam zinc with a frameless projecting corner window, integrating old and new elements.
- What we like about this project
- The corner glass box cantilevers transparently without a visible vertical corner column.
Materials
- buff-brick
- zinc
- glass
- painted-stucco
Visual identifiers
- buff-brick
- zinc-cladding
- projecting-glass-box
- rear-extension
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- residential
- modern-traditional
Visual tags
- residential
- extension
- contemporary-traditional
- garden-integration
- low-carbon
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical single-story rear extension with varying parapet heights, featuring a central glazed recessed break between solid brick masses.
- Facade system
- Buff brick cavity wall with zinc standing-seam parapet detailing and structural silicone-glazed corner windows.
- Structural guess
- Steel portal frame supporting masonry parapets and roof planes, tied back to the existing brick terrace house.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential rear extension complementing the scale of the existing multistory terrace.
- Lighting
- Direct warm afternoon sunlight casting sharp shadows across the buff brick and highlighting the projecting glass corner.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, inviting garden atmosphere where textured masonry meets crisp modern glazing.
- Environmental context
- Suburban terraced garden setting with mature planting and neighboring Victorian brick and stucco rear elevations.
- Spatial experience
- The extension steps down into the garden, creating distinct zones for a projecting window seat and a central dining or living volume.
- Composition rhythm
- Alternating rhythm of solid brick piers, floor-to-ceiling glazing, and a projecting structural glass corner.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual residential architecture
- Program
- Residential living space extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- buff-brick, zinc, glass, painted-stucco
- Visual identifiers
- buff-brick, zinc-cladding, projecting-glass-box, rear-extension
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, residential, modern-traditional
- Visual tags
- residential, extension, contemporary-traditional, garden-integration, low-carbon
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical single-story rear extension with varying parapet heights, featuring a central glazed recessed break between solid brick masses.
- Facade system
- Buff brick cavity wall with zinc standing-seam parapet detailing and structural silicone-glazed corner windows.
- Structural guess
- Steel portal frame supporting masonry parapets and roof planes, tied back to the existing brick terrace house.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential rear extension complementing the scale of the existing multistory terrace.
- Lighting
- Direct warm afternoon sunlight casting sharp shadows across the buff brick and highlighting the projecting glass corner.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, inviting garden atmosphere where textured masonry meets crisp modern glazing.
- Environmental context
- Suburban terraced garden setting with mature planting and neighboring Victorian brick and stucco rear elevations.
- Spatial experience
- The extension steps down into the garden, creating distinct zones for a projecting window seat and a central dining or living volume.
- Composition rhythm
- Alternating rhythm of solid brick piers, floor-to-ceiling glazing, and a projecting structural glass corner.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual residential architecture
- Program
- Residential living space extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture