{"id":574356,"date":"2026-03-30T14:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/574356\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:47:13","slug":"emil-eve-architects-adds-douglas-fir-extension-to-london-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/574356\/","title":{"rendered":"Emil Eve Architects adds Douglas fir extension to London home"},"content":{"rendered":"

A thin frame of Douglas fir<\/a> timber brings a “sense of lightness” to this pavilion-like extension<\/a> in London<\/a>, recently completed by local studio Emil Eve Architects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Named Talbot Road, the project adds a large kitchen and snug at the back of an Edwardian end-of-terrace in the Highgate Conservation Area.<\/p>\n

\"HomeEmil Eve Architects has completed a pavilion-like extension in London<\/p>\n

Looking to strengthen the home’s connection to its garden, Emil Eve Architects<\/a> created a lightweight timber structure with a latticed roof that extends outwards to form a deep pergola.<\/p>\n

“The owners wanted an inspiring addition to the house’s period architecture, so we developed a deliberately contemporary design,” Emil Eve Architects director Ross Perkin told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

\"ExteriorIts timber structure forms a deep pergola at the home’s rear<\/p>\n

“This was centred on the idea of a pavilion which has real impact while still feeling elegant and light, and creates a sense of connection with the landscape,” he added.<\/p>\n

Stepping down from the level of the main home, the layout of the extension was led by a desire for it to face the garden in two directions \u2013 from the kitchen to the north and from a smaller snug to the south.<\/p>\n

\"TalbotA large kitchen and snug are contained in the extension<\/p>\n

Rather than divide the space with walls, the snug area is demarcated by another drop in the floor level, as well as a circular skylight above and a section of low wall extending from a thin column to one side.<\/p>\n

The latticed Douglas fir roof structure has been stained white, contrasted below by bespoke oak joinery and storage for the kitchen counters.<\/p>\n

\"OakBespoke oak joinery and storage are used in the kitchen<\/p>\n

“The staggered form of the extension allows it to connect with the garden on two sides \u2013 feeling like you are really ‘in’ it, rather than just looking ‘out’ over it,” Perkin said.<\/p>\n

“Although the space is largely open plan, we have used level changes to delineate different areas \u2013 for instance the snug.”<\/p>\n

“The timber roof structure has been left exposed inside too and its pattern also creates a sense of different spaces within the plan, with light being cast through from the different-shaped roof lights,” he added.<\/p>\n

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Outside, the large pergola both helps to prevent the glazed extension from overheating and shades a patio space, wrapped by thin Douglas fir columns atop cast concrete feet.<\/p>\n

Ridged ceramic tiles made from 50 per cent recycled waste were used to clad the exterior of the extension, while thin metal frames surround a series of large sliding windows and doors.<\/p>\n

\"KitchenThe timber roof structure has been left exposed inside<\/p>\n

“The small details are what make it stand out and for that we are grateful to our excellent contractor,” said Perkin.<\/p>\n

“Our close working relationship is what made bespoke elements \u2013 like the in-situ cast concrete feet which provide both weatherproofing and bring a sense of lightness to the pavilion \u2013 work,” he added.<\/p>\n

\"DouglasThe spaces are demarcated by drops in floor level<\/p>\n

Emil Eve Architects was founded in 2009 by Ross and Emma Perkin. Previous projects by the studio include the expansion of a home in east London with terracotta tile-clad rear and loft extensions<\/a> and its own office in a brutalist building in Hackney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Taran Wilkhu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A thin frame of Douglas fir timber brings a “sense of lightness” to this pavilion-like extension in London,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,87981,460,221284,281883,1208,134,2022,78753,129387,78752,61745,61746,235519,5429],"class_list":{"0":"post-574356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-british-houses","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-douglas-fir","16":"tag-emil-eve-architects","17":"tag-england","18":"tag-entertainment","19":"tag-london","20":"tag-london-house-extensions","21":"tag-london-houses","22":"tag-residential-extensions","23":"tag-sectionall","24":"tag-sectionarchitecture","25":"tag-sectionexclusives","26":"tag-uk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}