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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 The right of Julian Owen to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 sections 77 and 78. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the copyright owner. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Commissioning Editor: Ginny Mills Assistant Editor: Clare Holloway Production: Richard Blackburn Designed and typeset by Zoe Mercer Printed and bound by Westdale Press, Cardiff Cover image: @Simon Maxwell While every effort has been made to check the accuracy and quality of the information given in this publication, neither the Author nor the Publisher accept any responsibility for the subsequent use of this information, for any errors or omissions that it may contain, or for any misunderstandings arising from it. www.ribapublishing.com 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 HOME EXTENSION DESIGN 1 GET TING STARTED
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