Name: Gresford Architects
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Bright dining area with large sliding glass doors opening to a garden, featuring a wooden table, chairs, and open shelving, architecture by Gresford Architects.

A modern garden room with a transparent roof and sliding doors, set against traditional brick houses, surrounded by garden plants, architecture by Gresford Architects.

A modern glass extension with warm interior lighting contrasts against traditional brick houses, architecture by Gresford Architects.

Interior of a room under a sloped ceiling, with sunlight streaming in and casting shadows; wooden furniture and a kitchen shelf. Architecture by Gresford Architects.

Interior view of a modern corridor with a brick wall on the left, white ceiling with skylights, and a window at the end revealing a garden; architecture by Gresford Architects.

Interior view of a dining area with wooden furniture, a large sliding glass door opening to greenery, and a skylight; architecture by Gresford Architects.

A modern kitchen with wooden cabinets, open shelving with jars, a dining table with chairs, and a wall clock, architecture by Gresford Architects.

Brick house with metal roof and large green tree in a garden, architecture by Gresford Architects

Albyn Road is an imaginative and expressive addition to a 1850s house in a south London conservation area. A rear extension and side return infill has created a bright and interesting new kitchen and dining room, and enhanced connections between the house and its garden.

The key feature of the extension is its angular zinc-clad roof, which contains a mix of pitched, hipped and monopitch forms. This picks up on the different roof forms of the existing house, bringing both new and old elements together to offer a lively and contrasting composition. Clerestory windows in the gaps between the roof geometries bring light and views deep into the extension and the house, adding to the rich mix of shapes and surfaces. This play of surfaces, shapes and shadows continues inside, where the kitchen and dining room’s unmistakably contemporary ceiling contrasts with the restored exposed brickwork of the enclosed garden wall.