This project included the transformation of a Victorian house, much like the ones you’d be likely to see in Bedford, and the proposed side extension changed this single fronted house into a double fronted house, therefore doubling the living space. Victorian houses were built to be quite small and compact, and so we knew that the new designs for the house still had to fit in with the aesthetics of the Victorian exterior.
This may sound very simple, but care over the design of the internal arrangement is essential for it to work, as any architect would know.
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Written by Tony Keller – Building Tectonics.
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