The Glasshouse / Glen Thomas Architecture
Glen Thomas Architecture's latest project, 'The Glasshouse', is a radically contemporary development of a stunning three-story Victorian house in a Welsh conservation area, for a couple and their two children.
© Richard Wood
Architects: Glen Thomas Architecture
Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom
Area: 340.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Richard Wood
Contractor: Brickflair
Structural Engineer: Leigh Dickson Consulting
Project Manager: Alex French Associates
Kitchen: DOCA (UK)
© Richard Wood
From the architect. Glen Thomas Architecture's latest project, 'The Glasshouse', is a radically contemporary development of a stunning three-story Victorian house in a Welsh conservation area, for a couple and their two children.
© Richard Wood
Although the clients brief was to preserve much of the original elements of the property, their main desire was LIGHT. In a dark, damp old Victorian structure, this was a big task to undertake.
Ground Floor Plan
Working closely with the Structural Engineer, many of the load bearing walls were demolished, allowing for an open plan interior, whilst allowing a flood of natural light into the core of the house. The more recent addition of a double height flat roof extension was removed and replaced with a 9m long structural glass roof which had to be made in Germany and craned into position.
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© Richard Wood
Architects: Glen Thomas Architecture
Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom
Area: 340.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Richard Wood
Contractor: Brickflair
Structural Engineer: Leigh Dickson Consulting
Project Manager: Alex French Associates
Kitchen: DOCA (UK)
© Richard Wood
From the architect. Glen Thomas Architecture's latest project, 'The Glasshouse', is a radically contemporary development of a stunning three-story Victorian house in a Welsh conservation area, for a couple and their two children.
© Richard Wood
Although the clients brief was to preserve much of the original elements of the property, their main desire was LIGHT. In a dark, damp old Victorian structure, this was a big task to undertake.
Ground Floor Plan
Working closely with the Structural Engineer, many of the load bearing walls were demolished, allowing for an open plan interior, whilst allowing a flood of natural light into the core of the house. The more recent addition of a double height flat roof extension was removed and replaced with a 9m long structural glass roof which had to be made in Germany and craned into position.
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