Photographs ©
Keith Hunter
Text from Studio Kap architects
photo © keith hunter
House Extension in Stirlingshire
The house sits in a mature suburban landscape on the hillside looking
north-west across Strathblane to Dumgoyne, westerly outpost of the Campsie
Fells. The existing house, rather pretty and somewhat cottage-like from
the front, was very square in plan with a truncated pyramidal roof. The
back, unlovely but opening onto these wonderful views, appeared unfinished
or even chopped off, presenting a sheer two-storey face to the garden.
photo © keith hunter
In extending this house two major issues presented themselves. Firstly
the finishing of a house which felt incomplete and unresolved and secondly
to take posession of a garden and by implication the wider landscape which
appeared to “run away” from the house downhill to the north.
photo © keith hunter
The nascent wings of the existing house were extended in the existing
idiom of rough harling under a slate roof to embrace a new realm at the
back of the house. The west wing turns back in on itself to enclose a
study and create a solid but softer edge for light entering a new central
external space. The east wing extends directly towards the garden to enclose
kitchen and dining areas. Beyond the end of the east wing a very solid
chimney and snug grows up from the ground. Integral with a long wall and
toolshed retaining an upper terrace this is seen as integral to new hard-landscaping
elements as well as a part of the house. In the space between, floor,
wall and roof planes depart from convention to form a more deconstructed
and open connection accommodating the new garden room. Finally a new garage
and port cochere extend at the side to create a more expansive approach
to the front of the house and further contain the new raised terrace to
the rear.
photo © keith hunter
Balornock
Bowling Club - also by Studio Kap
photo © keith hunter
Studio KAP Architects - Scottish Houses:
Woodcote,
Strathblane, Stirlingshire
The
Pier House, Kames, Argyll
Glenboig
Cottage, Fintry, Stirlingshire
Strathblane House extension
Arduaine House
Balfron House
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