{"id":409221,"date":"2026-02-05T12:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/409221\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:04:13","slug":"type-updates-london-home-with-robust-and-timeless-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/409221\/","title":{"rendered":"TYPE updates London home with “robust and timeless” materials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pale brick, clay-fired tiles and ash carpentry were used to bring tactility and warmth to this Victorian terrace house<\/a> in London<\/a>, extended by local architecture studio TYPE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Located in Denmark Hill, the home was expanded for a young family, with a larger kitchen and dining area introduced on the ground floor and an extra bedroom and home office in the attic.<\/p>\n

TYPE<\/a> focused on creating a “sensory richness” for the interiors, with a tactile and natural palette based on the existing materiality of the 19th-century terrace.<\/p>\n

\"RearTYPE has extended a Victorian home in south London<\/p>\n

“There is intentionally not one dominant element, the project was conceived as a series of modest but meaningful and holistic interventions which together transform daily life,” the studio told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“One of the main themes was to create humanistic spaces which have a sensory richness, so the touch, acoustic properties, light, and smell were all important characteristics,” it added.<\/p>\n

“While being a contemporary space, the material selection relates to the existing construction, which is primarily clay and timber, both of which feature prominently in the extension and refurbishment.”<\/p>\n

\"ExpandedThe extension introduces an expanded kitchen and dining area on the ground floor<\/p>\n

At the back of Denmark Hill, a formerly narrow and dark galley kitchen has been expanded to make space for a dining area, illuminated by a long timber-framed skylight.<\/p>\n

A full-height pivot glass door opens this space out onto the garden, with the internal paved flooring extending out to a patio.<\/p>\n

\"InteriorA tactile and natural palette draws on the terrace’s existing materiality<\/p>\n

Alongside the pivot door is a frameless corner window that projects out into the garden. It features a built-in bench made from ash, matching the carpentry of the kitchen cabinets and island.<\/p>\n

For the exterior of the ground-floor extension, two subtly different tones of hand-moulded masonry were used, with a lower datum finished in white brickwork and the upper section in pale cream.<\/p>\n

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“Tactility, craftsmanship, and a feeling of warmth further inspired the choices of materials and construction,” the studio explained.<\/p>\n

“It was important to use robust, timeless, and natural materials which would be suitable for the heavy wear and tear of family life,” it added.<\/p>\n

\"RenovatedThe dining area is illuminated by a timber-framed skylight<\/p>\n

In the new attic spaces, the walls have also been lined with ash panelling and built-in storage, and the floors finished in cork for acoustic comfort.<\/p>\n

Despite its relatively small size, a series of skylights and windows were introduced to provide views of the sky and city through the sloping white-painted ceilings.<\/p>\n

“The bedroom includes a large vertical panoramic window which frames views of the city and sky, and rooflight above the shower floods the bathroom with light while giving a feeling of being outside, underneath the sky,” said the studio.<\/p>\n

\"BedroomAn extra bedroom and home office are held in the attic<\/p>\n

TYPE was founded in 2013 by directors Sam Nelson, Tom Powell, Ogi Ristic, and Matt Cooper.<\/p>\n

Its previous projects include an extension to a home in Herne Hill<\/a> and the overhaul of a flat on the Golden Lane Estate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Lorenzo Zandri<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pale brick, clay-fired tiles and ash carpentry were used to bring tactility and warmth to this Victorian terrace…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,47504,1120,309,96,47502,7338,47505,13905,11127,47503,40339,40340,142515,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-409221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-british-houses","tag-design","tag-england","tag-entertainment","tag-extensions","tag-houses","tag-london-house-extensions","tag-london-houses","tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","tag-residential-extensions","tag-sectionall","tag-sectionarchitecture","tag-type","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}