the facade organisation

Howden Road

Back in 2018, Howden Road was just another 1930s semi-detached house in South Norwood, extended badly some ten years previously. The owner wanted to create a large flexible open-plan living space, but had no idea what was to come.

After an initial design was seen to have some serious flaws we were asked to intervene...

The property is on a hillside which falls away in both directions. Pairs of semi-detached houses maintain levels. In this instance there was at least 1m clear space under the entire property!

So we dropped almost the entire ground floor into this void, creating a space (with the new panoramic sliding doors, themselves over 3.5m tall) that combined a huge kitchen, dining and living area with tons of storage. The original front room (also dropped by 1m) offered a mezzanine office gallery and home cinema/games room below.

The project also divided the old large bathroom to create a compact family bathroom and en-suite shower to the master bedroom in the same space, and a new attic extension with a further two bedrooms and shower/WC room completed the extended living space.

Howden Road - living space

Howden Road - rear elevation

Howden Road - rear vista

Howden Road - rear glass

Howden Road - rear glass

Howden Road - rear glass

Howden Road - living space

Howden Road - living space

Howden Road - living space

Howden Road - kitchen space

Howden Road - kitchen space

Howden Road - kitchen space

Howden Road - rear view

Howden Road - rear terrace

Howden Road - garden

Howden Road - bathroom

Howden Road - attic build

Howden Road - attic build

Howden Road - attic build

Howden Road - attic build

Howden Road - attic build

Howden Road - attic build

Howden Road - rear extension

Howden Road - rear extension

Howden Road - steel (partial)

Howden Road - steel box

Howden Road - steel box

Howden Road - rear extension

Howden Road - rear extension

Howden Road - new glass

Howden Road - rear ceiling

Howden Road - attic room

Howden Road - ubiquitous semi

Howden Road - en-suite

Howden Road - rear glass

Howden Road - architecture

Howden Road - rear glass

Howden Road - rear glass