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Merchiston garden room replacement embraces modern living

June 8 2022

Merchiston garden room replacement embraces modern living

DS Architecture has obtained planning consent for the erection of a replacement single-storey extension to the rear of a house at Polwarth Terrace, Merchiston, Edinburgh.

The local fast track decision permits demolition of an existing garden room and internal reorganisation to remove an interior timber stair to permit construction of an open plan kitchen/diner and snug.

In a statement, the architect said: "The bold but sensitive design seeks to replace an existing garden room extension to engage more coherently with the garden and opens up the internal space at lower ground level to offer the house a kitchen, dining and secondary living space more suiting a family home of this size.

"The external walls, arranged as simple planes to form the internal space, will be finished using stone to match the existing house while the zinc-clad roof structure is engineered to appear floating over clerestory glazing to add a lightness to its appearance while also inviting as much natural light into the space inside."

Large format glazed sliding doors will open to the garden with a boot room serving as a threshold between indoors and outdoors.

CGIs have been prepared by Dalgety Design
CGIs have been prepared by Dalgety Design
Clerestory glazing blurs boundaries between inside and out
Clerestory glazing blurs boundaries between inside and out

7 Comments

TheFakeArchitect
#1 Posted by TheFakeArchitect on 8 Jun 2022 at 15:03 PM
Lovely. The small link to the adjacent boundary wall is so important and just completes it.
KLD
#2 Posted by KLD on 8 Jun 2022 at 16:02 PM
That zinc roof is incredibly jarring.
Jamie Brown
#3 Posted by Jamie Brown on 8 Jun 2022 at 16:28 PM
This is gorgeous - lovely work.
StyleCouncil
#4 Posted by StyleCouncil on 8 Jun 2022 at 16:48 PM
Nice images. the composition reminds me of Newington Library.
outraged individual
#5 Posted by outraged individual on 8 Jun 2022 at 18:13 PM
its really good
MV
#6 Posted by MV on 9 Jun 2022 at 15:32 PM
I like this, a lot.
Henry J
#7 Posted by Henry J on 12 Jun 2022 at 05:43 AM
'boot room' lol

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