Quadruple 4-Cube Glass Room
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A new glazed building in the garden of a house
The client required a building with a new kitchen which would allow them to connect with the garden.
The brief was to maintain the spirit of the history of the house but to inject a modern interior to the kitchen radically increasing natural light.
The building itself is a perfect square made up of four equal cubes. The square is reflected in all new parts of the floor plan and comes from the square of the existing house plan, the double square of the garden with its lateral afternoon light.
The support is formed from stainless steel Miesian detached columns supporting the centre of each perimeter edge allowing the corners each to be cantilevered, this frees the corners for a glass only junction.
Data
- Begun: Jun 2008
- Completed: Mar 2013
- Floor area: 18m2
- Sector: House
- Total cost: £80,000
- Funding: Client's funds
- Tender date: Dec 2006
- Procurement: JCT
- CO2 Emissions: 26.8kg/m2/year
- Address: 27 Telford Avenue , Streatham, London , SW2 4XL, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Andrew Pilkington Architects & Designers
- Client: Juila Isham
- Structural engineer: Gary Povey Elliottt Wood
Suppliers
- builders: Mace Builders
- Glass supplier: Eagle Structural Glazing & Weather Sealing
- Tile supplier: Grout Expectations
- Metal Fabricator: Lilleker Engineering Co
