REGENCY_VILLA

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	1. Street elevation The side-wing has been raised a level and pulled forward to accommodate the new staircase. 5555 px 8415 px 34 MB A3 print
	2. Feature staircase. The new feature staircase framed by large sliding door. 8688 px 5792 px 4 MB A3 print
	3. Family kitchen (lower ground floor) A large sliding door opens the top-lit hallway to the family kitchen. 8688 px 5792 px 5 MB A3 print
	4. Family kitchen (lower ground floor) Despite it's loaction on the lower ground floor, the family kitchen enjoys abundant natural light from all sides. 8688 px 5792 px 4 MB A3 print
	5. Family kitchen (lower ground floor) Folding glass doors open the family kitchen to the courtyard garden whilst a wide sliding door connects it with the top-lit hallway. 8688 px 5792 px 4 MB A3 print
	6. Living room (upper ground floor) Slim framed sliding doors overlook the glass mosaic tiled rear courtyard. A glass balcony gives access to the garden without cutting light to the floor below. 8688 px 5792 px 5 MB A3 print
	7. Childrens' bedrooms (first floor) Painted murals animate the nursery walls. 8688 px 5792 px 3 MB A3 print
	8. Childrens' bedrooms (first floor) Build-in wardrobes with a gloss finish hide compact ensuite bathrooms 8653 px 5769 px 1 MB A3 print
	9. Childrens' bedrooms (first floor) The kids' bedrooms share interconnected ensuite bathrooms featuring both bath and shower. 8653 px 5769 px 5 MB A3 print
	10. Hall feature A timber bench appears to slide through a panel of glass connecting the courtyard garden to the hallway. 5792 px 8688 px 4 MB A3 print
	11. New staircase. Thin metal blades fixed into the wooden stairs support the slenderest steel balustrades. 5792 px 8688 px 4 MB A3 print
	12. New staircase. A lazer cut handrail in white Ash matching the steps and flooring throughout the house. 5263 px 7894 px 10 MB A3 print
	13. Master bedroom (second floor) 8397 px 5598 px 4 MB A3 print
	14. Master bedroom (second floor) Dressing table detail. 5778 px 8667 px 3 MB A3 print
	15. Rear garden courtyard (lower ground floor level) A steel planter painted dark grey, concrete bench and shelf, timber slatted storage cupboard and concrete tiled floor. 5792 px 8688 px 8 MB A3 print
	16. Rear garden courtyard (lower ground floor level) A steel planter painted dark grey, concrete bench and shelf, timber slatted storage cupboard and concrete tiled floor. A bespoke fire pit can be seen on the right of the image. 3168 px 4752 px 11 MB A4 print
	17. Exploded view as built. A dramatic new staircase with linear skylight above unlocked the potential of the building and provides a focal point of the design. 1080 px 1080 px 190 KB Print - Low res only
	18. Architects plans Before and after plans show the additional basement floor and how the potential of the house was unlocked by the re-positioning of the main staircase. 1174 px 1892 px 370 KB Print - Low res only
	19. Light House Striking patterns of light and shade filter through the open stair from the linear skylight above. 1920 px 2560 px 3 MB Print - Low res only

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Finding space for an elegant new staircase unlocked the potential of this run-down Regency Villa in London's Kensington district.

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What were the key challenges?

Our clients needed light, light and MORE LIGHT!

'THE PIT'. This is what the clients called the shallow yard at the back of the house they had purchased!

THE STAIRCASE was taking up valuable floor space and complicating the plan, whilst the small side wing to the building was underused and disfunctional. We therefore needed to achieve planning consent in a Conservation Area to enlarge the side wing and thereby unlock the potential of the house!

What were the solutions?

LIGHT: A 7m long frameless structural glass skylight was used to flood the stairways with natural light . Walk-on glass hallways ensure that light filters down to all principal floors. An external walk-on glass balcony prevented overshadowing to the rooms below.

'THE PIT': We used 40sq m of glass micro mosaic tiles on a modelled substrate to bounce light down to the lowest floors and provide a subtle shimmering backdrop to the main living spaces in the house.

THE STAIRCASE: Planning consent was achieved to extend and raise the side wing... and the new staircase became the signature note for the entire house.

What was the brief?

We were challenged to transform a dark, tightly enclosed house into an open, lightfilled four bedroom family home. At the same time the clients wanted to maximise additional floor area (with a new basement), modernise all services and massively improve the house's energy performance long term.

Key products used:

MAIN STAIRCASE:

Mild steel with ash treads, handrails & walk-on glass landings:
Manufactured and installed by Diapo Stairs Ltd
Unit 3, Maskell Industrial Estate, 29 Bidder Street, London, E16 4ST
Tel +44 (0)20 7511 2233
Email info@diapo.co.uk

KITCHEN & APPLIANCES:
Poggenpohl Goldreif MH Deco Handleless supplied & fitted by

Poggenpohl Wigmore
118 Wigmore Street
London
www.wigmore.poggenpohl.com

FALMEC SPA:
Polar white 35cm Island extract hood
www.falmec.com

TIMBER FLOORING:

Junckers Nordic Dark Ash solid plank with ultra matt lacquer finish.

CERAMIC FLOOR TILES:

Lappato tiles: Viva 1200 x 600 Cemento Grey Naturale 986E8P
by Emilceramica supplied by Worlds End Tiles

SPECIALIST GLAZING:

Skyframe II (sliding doors)
Schuco AWS 70 (fixed glass panels)
Schuco ASS 80 FD (folding doors)

AlcoGlass, Sycamore House, 1 Woodside Road, AMERSHAM, Bucks, HP6 6AA
www.alcoglass.co.uk

Fireplace:
CVO Venezia 130F three-side by
CVO Fires Ltd www.cvo.co.uk