Stuart Cox
他の地域にある小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな独立型リビング (紫の壁、淡色無垢フローリング、ベージュの床、薪ストーブ) の写真

Mike Nowill
他の地域にある高級な小さなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれな独立型リビング (青い壁、薪ストーブ、グレーの床) の写真

Polly Eltes
ロンドンにあるお手頃価格の小さなエクレクティックスタイルのおしゃれな独立型リビング (青い壁、カーペット敷き、薪ストーブ、レンガの暖炉まわり、埋込式メディアウォール、グレーの床) の写真

Contemporary beach house at Pleasure Point! Unique industrial design with reverse floor plan features panoramic views of the surf and ocean. 4 8' sliders open to huge entertainment deck. Dramatic open floor plan with vaulted ceilings, I beams, mitered windows. Deck features bbq and spa, and several areas to enjoy the outdoors. Easy beach living with 3 suites downstairs each with designer bathrooms, cozy family rm and den with window seat. 2 out door showers for just off the beach and surf cleanup. Walk to surf and Pleasure Point path nearby. Indoor outdoor living with fun in the sun!

In Brief Our client has occupied their mid-19th Century farm house in a small attractive village in Staffordshire for many years. As the family has grown and developed, their lifestyles and living patterns have changed. Although the existing property is particularly generous in terms of size and space, the family circumstances had changed, and they needed extra living space to accommodate older members of their family. The layout and shape of the farm house’s living accommodation didn’t provide the functional space for everyday modern family life. Their kitchen is located at the far end of the house, and, in fact it is furthest ground floor room away from the garden. This proves challenging for the family during the warmer, sunnier months when they wish to spend more time eating and drinking outdoors. The only access they have to the garden is from a gate at the rear of the property. The quickest way to get there is through the back door which leads onto their rear driveway. The family virtually need to scale the perimeter of the house to access their garden. The family would also like to comfortably welcome additional older family members to the household. Although their relatives want the security of being within the family hub they also want their own space, privacy and independence from the core of the family. We were appointed by our client to help them create a design solution that responds to the needs of the family, for now, and into the foreseeable future. In Context To the rear of the farmhouse our clients had still retained the red bricked historic bake house and granary barn. The family wanted to maximise the potential of the redundant building by converting it into a separate annex to accommodate their older relatives. They also sought a solution to accessing the back garden from the farmhouse. Our clients enjoy being in the garden and would like to be able to easily spend more time outside. The barn offers an ideal use of vacant space from which to create additional living accommodation that’s on the ground floor, independent, private, and yet it’s easy to access the hub of the family home. Our Approach The client’s home is in a small village in the Staffordshire countryside, within a conservation area. Their attractive mid-19th century red bricked farmhouse occupies a prominent corner position next to the church at the entrance to High Street. Its former farm buildings and yard have been sold for residential conversion and redevelopment but to the rear the farmhouse still retains its historic bake house with granary above. The barn is a two-storey red brick building with a clay tiled roof and the upper floor can still accessed by an external flight of stone steps. Over the years the bake house has only been used by the family for storage and needed some repairs. The barn's style is a great example which reflects the way that former farming activity was carried out back in the mid-19th Century. The new living space within the barn solves three problems in one. The empty barn provides the perfect space for developing extra en-suite, ground floor living accommodation for the family, creating additional flexible space on the first floor of the barn for the family’s hobbies. The conversion provides a to link the main farmhouse with barn, the garden and the drive way. It will also give a new lease of life back to the historic barn preserving and enhancing its originality. Design Approach Every element of the historical barns restoration was given careful consideration, to sensitively retain and restore the original character. The property has some significant features of heritage value all lending to its historical character. For example, to the rear of the barn there is an original beehive oven. Historical Gems A beehive oven is a type of oven that’s been used since the Middle Ages in Europe. It gets its name from its domed shape, which resembles that of an old-fashioned beehive. The oven is an extremely rare example and is a feature that our team and our clients wanted to restore and incorporate into the new design. The conservation officer was in favour of retaining the beehive oven to preserve it for future studies. Our clients also have a well in the front garden of the farmhouse. The old well is located exactly under the spot of the proposed new en-suite WC. We liaised with the conservation officer and they were happy for the well to be covered rather than preserved within the design. We discussed the possibility of making a feature of the well within the barn to our clients and made clear that highlighting the well would be costly in both time and money. The family had a budget and timescale to follow and they decided against incorporating the well within the new design. We ensured that the redundant well was properly assessed, before it could be infilled and capped with a reinforced concrete slab. Another aspect of the barn that we were all keen to preserve were the external granary steps and door. They are part of the building’s significance and character; their loss would weaken the character and heritage of the old granary barn. We ensured that the steps and door should be retained and repaired within the new design. It was imperative for clients and our team to retain the historical features that form the character and history of the building. The external stone steps and granary door complement the original design indicating the buildings former working purpose within the 19th Century farm complex. An experienced structural specialist was appointed to produce a structural report, to ensure all aspects of the building were sound prior to planning. Our team worked closely with the conservation officer to ensure that the project remained sensitive and sympathetic to the locality of the site and the existing buildings. Access Problems Solved Despite being in a Conservation Area, the conservation officer and the planners were happy with a seamless contemporary glazed link from the main farm to the granary barn. The new glazed link, not only brings a significant amount of light into the interior of the farmhouse, but also granary barn, creating an open and fluid area within the home, rather than it just being a corridor. The glazed hallway provides the family with direct access from the main farmhouse to the granary barn, and it opens outdirectly onto their garden space. The link to the barn changes the way that the family currently live for the better, creating flexibility in terms of direct access to the outside space and to the granary barn. Working Together We worked closely with the conservation officer to ensure that our initial design for the planned scheme was befitting of its place in the Conservation Area (and suited to a historic structure). It was our intention to create a modern and refreshing space which complements the original building. A close collaboration between the client, the conservation officer, the planners and our team has enabled us the deliver a design that retains as much of the working aesthetic of the buildings as possible. Local planners were keen to see the building converted to residential use to save it from disrepair, allowing the chance to create a unique home with significant original features, such as the beehive oven, the stone steps and the granary doors. We have sensitively and respectfully designed the barn incorporating new architecture with a sense of the old history from the existing buildings. This allows the current work to be interpreted as an additional thread to the historical context of the buildings, without affecting their character. The former barn has been sympathetically transformed inside and out, corresponding well with the historical significance of the immediate farm site and the local area. We’ve created a new sleek, contemporary glazed link for the family to the outside of their house, whilst developing additional living space that retains the historical core, ethos and detail of the building. In addition, the clients can also now take advantage of the unrivaled views of the church opposite, from the upper floor of the historic barn. Feeling inspired? Find out how we converted a Grade II LIsted Farmhouse.

Photographer: Henry Woide - www.henrywoide.co.uk Architecture: 4SArchitecture
ロンドンにあるお手頃価格の小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (青い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、薪ストーブ、レンガの暖炉まわり、コーナー型テレビ) の写真

Sitting room
他の地域にあるお手頃価格の小さなトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれな独立型リビング (青い壁、無垢フローリング、薪ストーブ、壁掛け型テレビ、茶色い床) の写真

Meero
パリにある低価格の小さなミッドセンチュリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (青い壁、無垢フローリング、薪ストーブ、茶色い床) の写真

Installation d'un poêle à bois sur arrière plan bleu séparant les espaces
パリにあるお手頃価格の小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (青い壁、薪ストーブ) の写真

Living room design.
他の地域にあるお手頃価格の小さなトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれなLDK (青い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、薪ストーブ、レンガの暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ) の写真

グロスタシャーにある小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれなリビング (茶色い床、青い壁、薪ストーブ) の写真

マヨルカ島にある低価格の小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな独立型リビング (青い壁、薪ストーブ) の写真

Located on the Harbour wall of Mousehole, a stone's throw from St Clement’s island, the Grade II listed cottage is set over three tiny floors with each one measuring 16m2. The existing cottage was overly compartmentalised and cramped, in addition to this the roof coverings had failed and were in need of replacement. Listed building consent was acquired to replace the scantle slate roof and timber dormer, in addition to introducing two rooflights on the rear roof plane which flood the top floor with light and create a triple height lightwell. Internally, the layout is conceived as one continuous space linked by the lightwell and divided by timber screens and concealed doors. On the ground floor is the kitchen and dining area, from here an ash stair leads up to the bedroom and bathroom, from which there is another ash stair which leads to the living space on the top floor which hovers above the Atlantic Ocean like a ships cabin.

Photos by Andrew Wuttke
メルボルンにある低価格の小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (青い壁、薪ストーブ、コンクリートの床) の写真

Interior Styling of a small end of terrace, mid century property
コーンウォールにある低価格の小さなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなリビング (青い壁、カーペット敷き、薪ストーブ、レンガの暖炉まわり、据え置き型テレビ、ベージュの床) の写真

Contemporary beach house at Pleasure Point! Unique industrial design with reverse floor plan features panoramic views of the surf and ocean. 4 8' sliders open to huge entertainment deck. Dramatic open floor plan with vaulted ceilings, I beams, mitered windows. Deck features bbq and spa, and several areas to enjoy the outdoors. Easy beach living with 3 suites downstairs each with designer bathrooms, cozy family rm and den with window seat. 2 out door showers for just off the beach and surf cleanup. Walk to surf and Pleasure Point path nearby. Indoor outdoor living with fun in the sun!

http://blog.croftarchitecture.com/projects/a-contemporary-barn-conversion

Two storey side extension, garage conversion and complete house renovation for their detached Victorian house in New Beckenham. A row of full length full height Crittall style windows were designed for the rear elevation of the house to enhance wellbeing by bringing in natural light, increasing the feeling of space and connecting the interior living space with the courtyard garden. On the first floor of the extension Wellstudio designed a new en-suite bathroom and corridor with built in wardrobes for the existing first floor bedroom. In addition to the two storey extension, Wellstudio designed a single storey link connecting the garage to the main area of the house, allowing it to be turned into a new utility & storage space.

コーンウォールにあるラグジュアリーな小さなビーチスタイルのおしゃれな独立型リビング (青い壁、セラミックタイルの床、薪ストーブ、レンガの暖炉まわり、ベージュの床) の写真