Home Extension Design

257 Pages·2008·96.969 MB·English

by  Julian Owen (Author)

Home
Extension
Design
SECOND EDITION

Home
Extension
Design
SECOND EDITION
Julian Owen
For my parents Richard and Joyce Owen,
with thanks for their unstinting support
and encouragement over the years.
© RIBA Publishing, 2019
First Edition (2008) Julian Owen
Published by RIBA Publishing, 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1NT
ISBN 9781859468142 
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CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR VI
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VII
1 Getting started 8
2 Appraising the property 28
3 Designing the changes to your home 56
4 Types of house alteration projects 96
5 Dealing with local authorities 142
6 Getting the building work done 170
7 Case studies 204
GLOSSARY 242
FURTHER READING 246
USEFUL CONTACTS 248
INDEX 252
IMAGE CREDITS 256
VI
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Julian Owen is an architect and author of the of locally-based practices that promotes its
first edition of Home Extension Design. He members to self-builders and members of
has over 25 years’ experience of running his the public wishing to alter or extend their
own practice in Nottingham and is a founder homes. In 2004 he received an MBE for
and director of ASBA Architects, a network services to architecture.
VII
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Grateful thanks are due to the following people ARCHITECTS PHOTOGRAPHERS:
and organisations who have helped with the 1st Architects Joakim Borén
preparation of this book: alma-nac Luke Caulfield
Amos Goldreich Richard Chivers
Barny Acworth of Acworth and Jarvis
Belsize Architects Keith Collie
Architects of Bournemouth, Dorset. Adrian
David Archer Architects Tim Crocker
Neville RIBA, an architect in Fife. My colleagues
David Garside Rory Gardiner
at Julian Owen Associates Architects, based
deDraft architects Ian Hill
in the East Midlands, especially Zoe Cockcroft
Denizen Works Alexander James
without whom the practice would grind to a
EKJN Architects Quintin Lake
halt. The photographers who are responsible
Guttfield Architecture P Rhei
for some of the photographs in the book. The
Henning Stummel Architects Nigel Rigden
members of ASBA Architects, a network of
Hudson Architects Ltd Will Scott
practices across the country that specialise in
IDE Architecture Diane C Smith
home alterations and additions. My colleagues
LBMV Architects Nicholas Worley
at 1st Architects, a group of practices who work
Mole Architects VIEW Pictures Ltd
together on projects across the UK.
Millar Howard Workshop Ltd
I would also like to thank Richard Owen for his Mustard Architects
SUPPLIERS
editorial assistance and for the knowledge and Neil Choudhury Architects
Ibstock Brick Ltd
experience he has provided, which has been Neil Dusheiko Architects
Timberwise (UK) Ltd
invaluable, and my wife Jill for her support over Nicholas Szczepaniak Architects
good times and bad. nimtim architects
O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects
In addition, the following are thanked for
Poulsom Middlehurst Architects
supplying photographs and giving permission
Snug Architects
to use them in this book:
Stan Bolt: Architect
Tonkin Liu Architects
Tsuruta Architects
Watson, Bertram and Fell Architects
Woodrow Architects
Yard Architects
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