Margett House, Cambridge
Contemporary timber house extension in Cambridge, creating a minimal and spacious detached family home with views to a landscaped garden.
Our client approached Inclume Architects to resolve the problem of a dated and unconnected internal space with little connection to their spacious garden.
The house was extended to the rear on both floors to create a new open plan kitchen, dining room and separate bedroom space. Works to the original property involved the demolition of an existing lean-to and the introduction of new steelwork to form the structure of the new extension.
Through the architectural intervention, the detached house has been opened-up with full height sliding doors and minimal sight lines to achieve a panoramic view of the landscape from within the house. The large sliding glazing panes allow for variations in configuration and a better connection to the new external landscaping and patio area.
Thermal improvements were made to the house, with highly insulated cavity walls and new triple-glazed windows. Siberian larch was used for the external cladding, with all openings set out to the width of the timber, forming a grid-like structure and minimising the amount of cutting required, effectively reducing excess waste. This resulted in a contemporary and minimal aesthetic which helps to define the new section of the house. Combined with the use of a structural timber frame, this resulted in a reduced embodied carbon footprint.
