The Rower's House / Loader Monteith

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  • Architects: Loader Monteith
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  202
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
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  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Kebony, Metsa Woods, Architectural Vision Systems, Petersen Tegl
  • Lead Architect: Matt Loader
  • Design Team: Iain Monteith
  • Main Contractor: Premier Fitting
  • Structural Engineer: Axiom Structures
  • City: London
  • Country: United Kingdom
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The Rower's House / Loader Monteith - Exterior Photography, Facade, Concrete
© Emanuelis Stasaitis

Text description provided by the architects. We wanted to make a light-filled house connected to the garden – and a family home that had space to live and work in. The idea was to place a top-lit stair in the middle of the plan, with a private buffer to one side (to the road), and the living spaces to the other (to the garden). This sandwiched the living spaces between the garden and the circulation zone and made the connection to the outside. The clients had asked about making a terrace adjacent to their bedroom for a morning coffee, and this tied the roof heights of the extension into the existing floor levels.

The Rower's House / Loader Monteith - Exterior Photography, Garden
© Emanuelis Stasaitis

The existing house had a convoluted set of internal corridors and dark rooms, despite having large elevations facing east, south, and west. As rowers, both clients are very tall (as their children will be in future years) so maximising head height and filling the property with light to preserve the feeling of openness, was an essential part of our aspiration.

The Rower's House / Loader Monteith - Interior Photography, Table, Windows, Chair, Beam
© Emanuelis Stasaitis
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The Rower's House / Loader Monteith - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Wood, Shelving
© Emanuelis Stasaitis

The extension was formed in timber kit, with a timber and brick external leaf. The existing house was overclad in a new silicone render system and timber, while the roof was overclad in standing seam zinc.

The Rower's House / Loader Monteith - Interior Photography, Living Room, Wood, Shelving
© Emanuelis Stasaitis

We relocated the front door to permit a simplification of the circulation zone, and we introduced a lot of internal glazing so that the spaces seem bigger than individual rooms. In the extension, we left the roof structure on display (in this instance, a series kerto glulam roof beams, so that the ceiling height was maximised and to add a little visual delight to the new space. The minimal glazing allows the corner of the house to slide away, connecting the inside seamlessly to the garden.

The Rower's House / Loader Monteith - Interior Photography, Kitchen
© Emanuelis Stasaitis

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Cite: "The Rower's House / Loader Monteith" 17 Dec 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/953371/the-rowers-house-loader-monteith-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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