PTA was commissioned to reconfigure an awkwardly subdivided victorian townhouse in Kensington back into a generous family home for a young family.

As an end-of-terrace house, adjacent to restrictive London infrastructure the complexity of the project required careful spatial planning. PTA successfully reorganised the spaces to exploit the site’s special characteristics. The misalignment of the boundary walls allowed for the opportunity to create a winding, top-lit staircase. A simple but effective resolution that has transformed the house, creating surprisingly generous living spaces.

(Currently under construction)

Taking its form from it’s immediate context, Brixton house seeks to increase the overall floor area of an existing victorian terraced house.

The proposed rear extension forms a link between the two neighbouring ground floor extensions which project into their gardens at different depths respectively. The built form of the extension is both a response to the brief and a sensitive intervention that goes beyond the site’s boundary. In this way, the proposal is both private but also urban. The resultant brick wall is angled and sloped and creates a dynamic, interesting threshold between the inside of the kitchen and the garden which is marked by a large pivoting door.

PTA was commissioned to redesign selected rooms and areas of a large 1950’s riverside detached house. The brief was to unlock the potential house’s potential in terms of layout and character of spaces.

A new staircase and bookcase was designed for the main entrance. Its purpose was to mark the threshold for both the ground floor rooms and the rooms above. Using untreated full height oak slats, the stair links the upper floor and forms an arched opening to the bedrooms beyond at ground floor. at the first floor the stair converts into an untreated oak bookcase that is open on both sides.

The kitchen was redesigning to be the heart of the house by making new openings in selected areas of the kitchen walls. New windows into the corridor spaces to created visual connections with the kitchen from around the house. A new doorway into the kitchen from the living room follows on from a doorway into the dining room forming a sequence of openings and long visual connections expressing the scale of the house.