A very substantial green belt property presented the opportunity to create two contemporary dwellings out of a 1950s house which had been unsympathetically extended and exceeded the owner’s spatial needs.

Architectural solutions that deliver

Despite that fact that the proposal involved more demolition than new construction, with a reduction in the volume and floor area of residential accommodation, iArch had to engage in extensive consultations to gain the support of the local authority. The approved design dramatically improves the existing building’s environmental performance, and restores architectural coherence to a previously disfigured house.