Local studio Soup Architects designs a suburban house extension to improve the layout of a traditional English residence. The home is a classic 1920s-style structure that conforms to a well-defined aesthetic for the town of Weybridge. For the project, Soup Architects aims to modernize the "unusually shaped plot," thus connecting spaces that appear to have a neglected transparency. In particular, one of the main aspects of the brief called for establishing a dynamically fluid relationship between the semi-detached property and "a long north-facing garden that pivots as it extends away from the street."
Soup Architects addresses this problem of architectural communication through the suburban house extension that stretches across the width of the site. This does not only open up the space and mend the aforementioned problem, it also adds an agreeably unusual aesthetic to the home.
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Connected Suburban House Extension
Soup Architects' Overhauls a 1920s-Style English Residence
Trend Themes
1. Suburban House Modernization - The trend towards modernizing suburban homes to optimize their functionality and aesthetics.
2. Architectural Communication - The trend towards addressing and solving problems of communication between different spaces within a building.
3. Fluid Relationships - The trend towards establishing more flexible and interconnected relationships between spaces within a building.
Industry Implications
1. Architecture - Opportunity for architects to design new spaces and modernize traditional ones to optimize functionality and aesthetics.
2. Construction - Opportunity for construction companies to build off of these trends to create new and innovative structures.
3. Interior Design - Opportunity for interior designers to help establish more fluid and interconnected relationships between spaces within a building.