Contemporary Open Plan Kitchen Extension

With a requirement for a larger space for a growing family, we were asked to provide design options for an addition to the rear of the building, replacing the existing cramped dark kitchen and opening up the inefficient cellular layout of the existing building.

About: Kitchen Extension To Provide Additional Family Space

Location: Wiltshire

Project type: Private Residential

Status: Complete

Open plan kitchen and dining room extension, modern kitchen island with bar stools, corian worktops, recessed ceiling spotlights, frameless glazed rooflights.
Modern kitchen with a large kitchen island and marble countertop, overlooking a rear garden through large glass sliding doors, with a seating area and potted plants.

‘Bi-fold doors and roof lights saturate the interior with light’.

Featuring a flat roof with two large frameless roof lights, crisp modern fenestration frames views into the garden beyond, providing a comfortable communal space for family life, cooking, dining, and relaxing.

Library snug with bespoke floor to ceiling made bookcase, dark interior design paint, timber floor.
Exterior view of a modern open plan family room extension with bi-fold doors, timber cladding, kitchen island, large dining table and seating area.

‘A room for relaxation’.

Important in open plan homes are the spaces for people to unwind and decompress in solitude away from the communal hub of the home. Finished in dark tones the snug provides a space for relaxing and thinking.

Aluminium floor to ceiling bi-fold doors leading to a paved tarrace.
Close up detail of contemporary modern timber cladding to home extension.

‘Crisp detailing with modern materials’.

In contrast to the traditional materials of the host building the extension is built from modern materials. Slender aluminium profile doors and frameless roof lights lend finesse to the design. The larch timber cladding, untreated and left to silver to a natural patina is installed vertically with expressed fixings, a nice contemporary touch.

A modern rear extension on a traditional house with timber cladding and large glass doors opening to a tiled patio, with potted plants near the entrance.

‘Contemporary design lifts the traditional setting’.

In contrast to the traditional pitched roof masonry buildings prevalent in the surrounding area, a bold contemporary timber clad addition was chosen to create a contrasting addition.

Contemporary flat roof extension with parapet roof, vertical timber cladding to exterior walls, large frameless rooflights, large bi-fold door and paved patio.

‘Hidden services allow for modern open plan living’.

A section of the existing workshop was allocated to a utility room, allowing daily services to be relocated out of the open plan space and thereby removing clutter and noise. The addition of a ground floor WC improves function and circulation of the building. 

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