This 1980's property in need of modernisation was superbly updated by Architects Napier Clarke. With a sustainable and contempory feel a rear extension was added. 

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The form of the roof was influenced by the need to create taller ceilings than the existing. The result is a simple but elegant exposed structure. 

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The central diagonal beam, which runs from the highest to the lowest points of the new section, is 8.2 metres long. The challenge was to find a way to support the roofline, set at two different pitches, without any intermediate posts. The solution was to sandwich a steel plate between two slimmer Douglas fir beams, fulfilling the required load-bearing capacity without creating a bulky aesthetic.

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Architects: Napier Clarke

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