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"Don't move, improve ".
This is a familiar subtitle as stamp duty levels are high
Rising house prices have forced many people to expand their homes in order to make more space.
The name is also the name of the annual search for the best competitor --
The expansion of design in the country.
As we moved fewer and fewer people, the number of planning applications for the construction of lofts, excavation of basements and expansion of gardens reached 250,000 in 2015.
One of the winners of the Royal Society of Architects National Awards announced on Thursday is a simple, two-
Located in the back floor extension of a period residence in Lewisham, London.
Its architects, while creating new things, have been careful to protect its heritage.
However, if there is no identification kit double door or flat door, how do you expand your home in the original way
Greenhouse bag?
How do you create extra space in old buildings nearby
Unable to copy?
According to the Association for the protection of ancient buildings, to be modern and bold is the answer (SPAB).
The statutory body said there should be a clear line between the old and the new.
Tom Croft said: "While SPAB is all about protecting historic buildings, it also encourages modern expansion and points out that old things should look old and modern things should look modern to an architect, he undertook a huge expansion of a house in Notting Hill.
Richard find, who is in charge of the building company Found Associates, agrees: "I always recommend that you be true to the landscape and the building, but do not copy it.
It's better to go in the opposite direction.
He practices this with an add-on
Play in Chiswick with shapes and proportions.
For his own project, he bought a Cotswold cottage built in 1730 and planned to build a perfect family.
"My initial thought was to demolish the cottage, which would be a crime," he said . ".
The local council detected the threat on the spot-
A list of small houses that are traditionally hunting huts.
So he went back to the drawing board, redecorated the cottage, and planned a new structure.
Keep clear lines with his style.
Now, a glass tunnel connects it to the new concrete --and-
The glass structure extends to a long living room with four bedrooms and a study room.
Living space offers two separate areas: stylish and modern with an extension of the RIBA medal in 2012, as well as a cottage with inglenook fireplace and three bedrooms.
"In our practice, we will never create copycats of shanzhai," he said . ".
"We prefer to make the old and new things clear.
"It has a window wall facing a lake that leads to the forest in the distance.
"When designing this project, I was obsessed with standing in the middle of nature and looking at lakes and forests," says Found . ".
"That's why we have a row of glass windows that don't break-it's all about the view of the lake.
"The roof has a terrace covered with turf and shrubs so that the contours of the trees and forests behind it look like a swimming pool.
While the expansion itself is bold, "We will merge the new building with the landscape whenever possible," said saysfind.
Bringing a similar material or scale from the old structure to the new one creates a continuity.
The exterior is paved with the same Cotswold stone as the cottage, but in a slightly different way.
"The concrete mixture we use is not gray and rough but light brown.
This is almost the same shade as the Cotswold stone in the cabin, "Haiz said.
Alan Tierney, who is responsible for the protection of historic buildings in Picketts (
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He said, "while we avoid counterfeiting and copying, the expansion again becomes more subtle, matching the bricks and imitation details, complementing the old buildings and forming a connection between the two elements.
Tom Croft added a 7,000-square-foot, 1840-square-meter house to the expansion section of Notting Hill, the new floor --to-
Ceiling windows facing the garden.
"Around the windows, we used new bricks, but colored them to soften the changes and coincide with the original bricks," Croft said . ".
To this end, he used a company called building cosmetics.
Rising house in Kemal, North-
West London, designed by Christian Ducker of Gundry & Ducker Architects, has a rear extension that covers Moody's gray slate, borrowing the original materials of Victorian houses.
"We are trying to reuse what is in the house in a modern way," he said . ".
Owners do not want to install the usual large double door opening, which Ducker calls a "general response ".
It feels commercial, more like it's in an office building than at home . "
Instead, it is extended to the side back and gives smaller doors and windows that mimic the proportion of the original design.
It cost a total of 135,000 pounds.
For a period of time at home, adding an extension should not just add a glass box and hope to get the best results.
Work on the 18 th-
Located in the heart of Dartmoor National Park, Century farmhouse, Ariel Sherin from Van Allen Sherin architects had to rethink the whole home.
"We have to recreate an internal configuration for the 21st century," he said . ".
Sheryn used the glass tunnel to connect the house with the barn, which was connected in a row to become a new hub for the house.
The expansion part was built with the Stone of Dartmoor, with its chimney protruding, combining the appearance of the farmhouse with the modern extension part.
"The ability to browse and see the original building is important.
"The glass boxes inside are very different from the farmhouse-when they were built before 200, it was to keep these elements from entering, and now it is to let the light in," he said . ".
The entire conversion and repair process cost £ 600,000.
For unlisted families, Tierney said, it became easier to obtain planning permission due to the national framework planning policy.
But this makes it more difficult to change the buildings listed.
He said the cuts to the parliamentary planning department have exhausted them, "leaving less experienced planning officials to think creatively and find solutions . ".
Martin Gaine, who runs a homeowner advocacy group that has just started planning, suggests not to apply for permission to build a large expansion project just because you can.
"Larger extensions are more expensive to build and don't look right," he said . ".
"Think about how the light will get indoors. A well-
Designs with smaller spaces tend to be more efficient.
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