The Kiln_

An extensive restructuring of a traditional brick dwelling reworks a previously dark and fragmented plan into a clear, luminous L-shaped sequence centred on shared living. The intervention introduces a low, flat-roofed extension in Corten steel, extending the original masonry form to enclose an intimate, stone-paved courtyard and re-establish the house around light, outlook and circulation.

Full-height openings and minimal sliding systems dissolve the boundary between inside and out, allowing gallery-white interiors and seamless concrete floors to extend directly onto weathered paving. The architecture is deliberately restrained, using material contrast—aged brick against oxidised steel—to unify old and new within a coherent domestic language.

Above, a continuous glazed rooflight cuts through the depth of the plan, acting as a linear lantern that tracks daylight across the interior. It draws natural light deep into the central stair and kitchen spaces, sharpening the reading of volume and structure while softening the transition between rooms.

The result is a disciplined reconfiguration of the existing dwelling—one that replaces fragmentation with clarity, and enclosure with a measured, continuous relationship to light and courtyard space.