This garden room extension for a house in Kirknewton, Scotland replaced a dilapidated potting shed. The clients wanted a year-round room that allowed for interaction with their southwestern-facing garden. To address this, the architect designed a masonry wall on the south side to shelter the room from a nearby road and prevent overheating, with a glazed slot separating it from the original stone house, while a lighter timber-and-glass construction on the other sides connects visually and physically to the garden and forms a sheltered terrace.

1. davidblaikiearchitect
highfield house, kirknewton
This garden room extension replaced a
delapidated potting shed that was in iminent
danger of collapse.
The client wanted a year-round room that allowed
greater interaction with their south west orientated,
well tended garden.
Our solution was to form a masonry sheltering wall
on the south side of the extension to protect the
room from the adjoining busy road and prevent
overheating in the summer. This masonry element
is separated from the original stone house by a
frameless glazed slot. A lighter, timber and glass
framed construction emerges from the shell to
allow visual and physical connection with the
garden and to form a sheltered terrace along the
Ground Floor Plan Rear Elevation rear of the house.
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