https://lyonsarchitects.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-08-14 https://lyonsarchitects.com/about daily 0.75 2024-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/230f0cd4-6261-4e39-ab2e-d7fdea25015b/NDL-2020.JPG https://lyonsarchitects.com/projects daily 1.0 2023-07-14 https://lyonsarchitects.com/projects/victoriana monthly 0.5 2022-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/2ad253aa-e415-4579-b445-d2cfff64d936/2.VICTORIANA-012.jpg Projects - Victoriana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/e5d89a26-9acb-4cfe-93fd-91b868f0d96a/3.VICTORIANA-005.jpg Projects - Victoriana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/13b5f4c9-cadf-4132-8e7e-965840f8861d/4.VICTORIANA-006.jpg Projects - Victoriana The young family of three wanted to embrace the characteristics of their Victorian home whilst enlarging and adapting it to make space for visiting family and friends. We first had to remodel a disconnected, dark and compartmentalised lower ground floor. The existing route from the entrance hall to the lower ground floor was down a twisted and cramped stair. At the bottom, you would find yourself in a lightless corridor facing in the opposite direction to the garden. Two haphazard lean-to extensions at the rear of the house could not be reused so they were dismantled and bricks collected for use in the new extension. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/e3253155-8dc6-4da7-a79c-1f0f8037c435/5.-007.jpg Projects - Victoriana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/d6c916c7-23df-4e87-81e3-71b257b55c34/6.VICTORIANA-013.jpg Projects - Victoriana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/2694fc3d-25d0-478f-8253-4d83af5657a7/7.VICTORIANA-014.jpg Projects - Victoriana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/2c360437-ead5-4c61-a7a6-54114ae8d0bf/8.VICTORIANA-015.jpg Projects - Victoriana With the existing extensions removed, the ‘Tower’ (as it became known) and single storey extension could be built in the Victorian vernacular. To emhasise the verticality, a double height ‘slot’ was created which gave the new stair a straight and uncluttered route along with views through to the garden. Whilst a double height slot window was explored, the client wanted to leave the interior a mystery when viewed from the outside - with the sash windows hinting at rooms that once were. Whilst the proportions and features of the raised ground floors were lightly refurbished, the upper floor was re-modelled as a main bedroom with dressing room and ensuite and a separate bedroom - again with Victorian features reinstated. Structure was installed in the loft for a future extension to form 2 additional bedrooms. https://lyonsarchitects.com/projects/framehouse monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/94dfebc7-6b2c-47df-8b60-646b373d085d/2.FRAME-HOUSE-08.jpg Projects - Frame House This RIBAJ published and New London Architecture's 'Don't Move Improve!' shortlisted home was built for a couple and their young family in De Beauvoir, Islington, London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/ded14f27-26f7-4396-b96b-ec9088da03b0/8.FRAME-HOUSE-22.jpg Projects - Frame House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/02b29b31-a60c-428d-ba1a-35707693cdb1/1.FRAME-HOUSE-23.jpg Projects - Frame House We were asked to reconfigure the existing rear closet wing as part of the refurbishment of this Victorian townhouse. The client wanted to avoid an entirely glazed rear extension and instead sought something that would look as if “Sir John Soane might have designed it”! We removed the dog-leg stairs and floor in the closet wing to create a double height space that Sir John might have described as a ‘viewing chamber’. This gives the effect of moving into the garden as you descend the stair from ground to lower ground level. Inspired by Soane’s top-lit spaces, a large roof light of structural frameless glazing replaces the old solid pitched roof, capturing additional views up to the sky and of the Victorian brickwork above. Along with the client, we shared a love of inglenooks! Rather than the fire as the focal point around which to create the inglenook, we used the view of the garden instead. The aim was to create an intimate room that is both part of the house and its own separate entity within the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/68939caa-5f99-4fd6-8508-29ce22d7e39d/3.FRAME-HOUSE-19.jpg Projects - Frame House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/a3ddca65-69bc-407e-8e5d-6b29ff27b0f0/7..FRAME-HOUSE-21.jpg Projects - Frame House The rear window in the double height space is designed and detailed as it if it were a piece of furniture - in collaboration with bespoke joiner James Verner. It is lined in band-sawn oak and acts like a giant picture frame. There is a small openable window pane and under-seat heating as well as two bronze reading lights incorporated into the oak slats that line all sides of the nook. Glass is low iron (which does not have the green colouration of standard glass). This gives maximum transparency and enhances the clarity of views to the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/5827931c-f5ef-49c4-81ac-e0e015485698/5.FRAME-HOUSE-10.jpg Projects - Frame House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/6df87acd-0c86-427e-b611-ab0ab51d891d/4.FRAME-HOUSE-12.jpg Projects - Frame House Externally, the extension is framed in reclaimed London multi-stock bricks with recessed mortar joints to express the bricks and retain the materiality of the original house. https://lyonsarchitects.com/projects/condor2 monthly 0.5 2022-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/dcfc9fdd-5b45-4050-9d5d-93beb1cfc950/2.CONDOR_03_Level_Day_Final_v2+copy.jpg Projects - Condor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/d030abb8-f4e2-4c7b-b1be-7b06d50daf60/3.CONDOR_05_North_Day_Final_v2_RevA+copy.jpg Projects - Condor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/54dac397-0b23-4b4d-ba35-a1f86401d68e/5CONDOR_04_Level_Dusk_Final_v2+copy.jpg Projects - Condor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/41fe1790-4021-49dc-85df-0d6721c2fb05/1.CONDOR_02_Lily_Dusk_Final_v2+copy.jpg Projects - Condor https://lyonsarchitects.com/projects/blackbird-riba-national-award-winning-home monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/af097bab-045f-4d7c-befc-83cbd6042ab6/1.Blackbird-021+copy.jpg Projects - Blackbird Blackbird is an RIBA National Award and Regional Award winning home that was also long-listed for the RIBA House of the Year Award 2023. It featured in The Wall Street Journal in June 2023 and on the front cover of Grand Designs Magazine in July 2023. The home was built for a doctor and avid gardener and an artist. Having met later in life, they wanted to build a home together. A home that would allow them to enjoy their gardening and artistic pastimes and also be large enough to gather the differing generations of their family and friends together whilst also feeling cosy and comfortable when they are alone. This was not something either of them had done before. Whilst they both had ideas as to what spaces the house needed to have, neither had any preconceived ideas as to what form or appearance the house would or should take. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/0c6c3f14-4c81-47fc-a9db-49d0c92587a3/7.Blackbird-033+copy.jpg Projects - Blackbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/d2635f40-eff2-4883-8193-ddb806058adf/6.Blackbird-036+copy.jpg Projects - Blackbird The 1.4 acre plot sits at the edge of a small village with protected woodland to north and east and views across the valley to the south. A fundamental element of the design is the 1.5m wide verandah which wraps around the entire building creating a series of routes through and around the building. Similar to the engawa, in Japanese architecture, it provides a sheltered space from which to view the garden and water. The verandah wraps around internal spaces which can be opened up to each other to allow routes around the inside of the house as well, helping to keep the interior flexible and open, especially when occupied by only two people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/1a76c786-94c6-40b8-808e-901f89f87f20/8.Blackbird-039+copy.jpg Projects - Blackbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/b893550a-9283-4bf7-8d4a-b4544a82eabb/2.Blackbird-028+copy.jpg Projects - Blackbird In the same way that a Blackbird’s colouring acts as a camouflage amongst the trees and vegetation, the dark coloured materials have been chosen so the house appears to recede into the background, allowing the landscape to come to the fore. The Japanese method of Shou-Sugi-ban has been used to char timber boards for use as a sustainable cladding material - the charring protects the timber against the elements and gives a subtle reflective quality. Black metal diamond shaped shingles cover the roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/481a2db1-6306-49de-b28d-331e355967ec/4.Blackbird-007+copy.jpg Projects - Blackbird The landscape, designed by FFLO with planting input by the home owner, seeks to lose any sense of the site boundary. It also softens the edges all around bringing the landscape up to meet and envelope the new house. Woodland edge species and meadows have been planted to blur the previously stark border to the paddock. The house is now nestled in to the woodland to the north. The ecosystem has now been extended by the lake which has attracted an abundance of wildlife and amplified the bird song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/d959a3c0-55c2-4796-b335-ec01b8882cc3/9.Blackbird-040+copy.jpg Projects - Blackbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/3e09a18e-eb9f-4e5a-86e6-caf0be8bc6f8/10.Blackbird-044+copy.jpg Projects - Blackbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/fabab626-2a63-46c7-9b8d-5e6c224d07dd/11.Blackbird-045+copy.jpg Projects - Blackbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/f712e29c-aa61-4e7a-8c4a-3e409595503d/12.Blackbird-049+copy.jpg Projects - Blackbird The house is a Low Energy Building and has been designed using Passivhaus principles. The carefully arranged thermal envelope achieves high levels of air tightness which allows an efficient MVHR system to be used coupled with renewable energy sources. After thorough assessment of the energy sources available and analysis of the ‘payback’ and government incentives, a Water Source Heat Pump was chosen. This allows the lake to act as a heat exchange, reducing the buildings CO2 emissions by up to 45%. Summer solar gain is minimised due to the large roof overhangs (keeping the interior cool in summer) while the triple glazing allows for maximum solar gain during the winter. Timber is the main building material which has reduced the embodied carbon compared to predominantly masonry or concrete structures. The British Steel deck has been designed to be dismantled easily if ever to be recycled (although we hope it will never need to be!). The design is an important step towards a majority pre-fabricated building system that can be deployed on a variety of sites such as lakes, coastal land and flood plains. It follows on from design thinking at Stepping Stone House which is another flood resistant building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/915533af-0698-495b-aaf5-ca960afbaa06/13.Blackbird-048+copy.jpg Projects - Blackbird https://lyonsarchitects.com/projects/project-one-ephnc-hwslz monthly 0.5 2023-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/88c76342-e1c6-42ef-9c21-28306d3f7cc8/3.05b+copy.jpg Projects - Stepping Stone House These RIBA Award Shortlisted pavilions were built for a couple who needed extra space for their five boys and also their guests. The larger pavilion has a glass bridge link to the existing house whereas the smaller independent pavilion works as a guest house. Both have an elevated position above the lake and garden keeping them clear of any flood waters in this area of the Thames Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/a0df2556-4387-4d09-af01-b9d89d5d39fe/1.23a+copy.jpg Projects - Stepping Stone House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/69497e8e-9a0e-4097-be23-eb7e3bd6ebb5/2.02a+copy.jpg Projects - Stepping Stone House The site was heavily constrained: conservation area, green belt, flood zone and surrounded by listed buildings. Five planning applications over the course of three years were required before permission was obtained. We were asked to propose how three disconnected, under used and flood prone outbuildings could be re-developed to form additional living accommodation for the existing house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/32d22d78-0023-4fee-9955-afb9907ea49a/4.17+copy.jpg Projects - Stepping Stone House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/1617c468-4ed1-42ee-b225-462c047932d3/7.31+copy.jpg Projects - Stepping Stone House Whilst specific attention was given to the children (five boys aged eight to fifteen), the design seeks to engage the whole family with the calming effects of nature. This is achieved through the abundant use of daylight, an organic structure and natural materials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/c2d7e10f-38f7-4e73-a1f2-70269d97d2c1/5.28a+copy.jpg Projects - Stepping Stone House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/24c3695d-92eb-435a-8456-2a418c451dbd/6.+copy.jpg Projects - Stepping Stone House The smaller of the two new buildings is a self contained guest house and contains a kitchen / living space, utility corridor, bathroom and bed deck. The larger building is a multifunctional space with a bathroom and bed deck and is primarily used by the children as a play room. It is connected to the existing house via a structural glass bridge. Sliding glass doors allow both buildings to be “opened” up to each other. At night time, the spaces can be “closed” and “screened” from each other with veil-like blinds and curtains. The stilts elevate the buildings above the lake, lifting them clear of the flood waters and allowing flush access to the existing house. They also make it possible to swim under the buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/3a45a5fc-ec70-4bd1-bc30-e73e4437cf1b/8.36+copy.jpg Projects - Stepping Stone House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/d40d275d-ff50-4d6d-8494-c50f40874b3a/9.11a+copy.jpg Projects - Stepping Stone House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/aa86c4b9-ccaa-40d4-a981-7761ac119a07/11.32+copy.jpg Projects - Stepping Stone House https://lyonsarchitects.com/projects/brook-house monthly 0.5 2022-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/9d13c7e4-94cd-47e8-b93f-e7873cf8b16e/%26LYONS-SPIRAL-02.jpg Projects - Brook House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/db1bc1f3-cbb3-4a61-be0c-aa781a3c31e2/%26LYONS-SPIRAL-01.jpg Projects - Brook House https://lyonsarchitects.com/projects/mayfairmews monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/079431a3-fb49-493d-9084-40b5efc139db/20240530-REEVES-MEWS-91-Edit_LOW_RES.JPG Projects - 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Mayfair Mews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/51e74b09-cc21-40d5-954e-5657a90a0a39/20240530-REEVES-MEWS-104-Edit_LOW_RES.JPG Projects - Mayfair Mews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/79cf0e45-c9c2-4ca7-a554-5acab5461932/20240530-REEVES-MEWS-69_LOW_RES.JPG Projects - Mayfair Mews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/7bd00475-a2dd-46e9-9ff3-f187bcb7bfb0/20240530-REEVES-MEWS-81-Enhanced-NR-Edit_LOW_RES.JPG Projects - Mayfair Mews https://lyonsarchitects.com/projects/shiplakehouse monthly 0.5 2023-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/75e4885c-49aa-4a3a-b127-0f1928d0ad81/%26lyons_OAK+HOUSE-84-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - Shiplake House The original house was built in 1950 in a cottage style with brick, oak frame and lime render. A previous extension from the 1980s was a big moment in the family’s life and had many successful elements. However, an opportunity arose to reassess and remodel the whole house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/465aa759-bd69-49b7-9ed3-9dbaa399a092/%26lyons_OAK+HOUSE-6-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - Shiplake House Many in the locale tend to opt for a full demolition. Whilst this was explored, there was a strong desire to respect the history of the house and to bring it up to date both in terms of layout and energy performance. Can an older property be adapted to become ‘off-grid’? The answer is yes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/5dacf387-ab51-417c-8762-01a3b1516948/%26lyons_OAK+HOUSE-35-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - Shiplake House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/0107069d-70c4-45ae-bd5f-8f6ac4131e2c/%26lyons_OAK+HOUSE-23-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - Shiplake House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/c9a7c099-0651-4d40-8086-d828cafa0a90/%26lyons_OAK+HOUSE-25-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - Shiplake House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/b6086ad1-a365-425b-84dc-0f9e91520f9e/%26lyons_OAK+HOUSE-68-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - Shiplake House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/2ad875e9-a6fd-4779-a8f7-790aa0879396/%26lyons_OAK+HOUSE-26-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - Shiplake House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/f17d9c86-ed02-4893-8d51-7e306a5e772e/%26lyons_OAK+HOUSE-65-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - Shiplake House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/9d608555-e026-4f3e-96db-e583092fdd6c/%26lyons_OAK+HOUSE-50-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - Shiplake House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/2595a5f1-de13-4b34-9165-478946a7967a/%26lyons_OAK+HOUSE-79-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - Shiplake House https://lyonsarchitects.com/projects/debeauvoirhouse monthly 0.5 2023-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/67f1b81d-275f-4035-ba86-464663a948d4/%26lyons_DE+BEAUVOIR-14-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - De Beauvoir House A large number of properties in the Victorian housing ‘stock’ were once houses but are adapted and are often split into flats. This was the starting point for this young family, who already owned the upper maisonette on the end of this Victorian terrace in the heart of De Beauvoir, North London. The opportunity arose to purchase the lower ground floor flat which, critically, came with the rear garden. This made possible a reimagining of the house that once was and allowed the young family to have some much needed external space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/ea300fbc-394e-4310-bcdf-384f1e93d7fc/%26lyons_DE+BEAUVOIR-49-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - De Beauvoir House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/b03c6a24-3ee0-420d-b00b-7cf247de1eb6/%26lyons_DE+BEAUVOIR-19-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - De Beauvoir House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/2c5ac1b0-a438-444c-8a25-6a8c2f5ce8fb/%26lyons_DE+BEAUVOIR-76-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - De Beauvoir House The design is a combination of 3 elements: one is the new stair with frameless glass sloped roof light, another is the newly configured side entrance and the last, is the full height sliding glass doors which open the new extension to the garden and existing cherry blossom tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/65d687f6-9992-4d23-b77e-381552d48ec0/%26lyons_DE+BEAUVOIR-5-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - De Beauvoir House Visually, the extension is designed to appear as part of the brick boundary walls that run along the pavement. This gives the feeling of solidity and protection in an understated way. The newly created living space connects to the upper floors of the house which are for sleeping. A new guest bedroom, utility and laundry space and bathroom were created to the front of the lower ground floor level - easy access from the new side entrance which is especially handy when returning from muddy weekend activities. The side entrance also gives direct access from the driveway to the kitchen - convenient for unloading shopping and receiving deliveries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/5d55fae9-f9ad-4ebc-be13-61df21bb7ad7/%26lyons_DE+BEAUVOIR-55-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - De Beauvoir House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/1672770351726-F0QVFDWRGS5DLSRFXIRQ/No%2BLAMP%2B%2526lyons_DE%2BBEAUVOIR-30-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - De Beauvoir House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/9fe7c9f8-7e4d-46fb-91fc-bda0713994b2/%26lyons_DE+BEAUVOIR-62-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - De Beauvoir House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/28f139b4-7d09-4203-97fc-f0d3f8f611ef/%26lyons_DE+BEAUVOIR-27-Edit-GRADED.jpg Projects - De Beauvoir House https://lyonsarchitects.com/projects/rivergardenhouse monthly 0.5 2022-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/72e6d99d-a6fa-4224-a51f-0a94c3442c1a/ANDLYONS-RGH-SK-01-V2.png Projects - River Garden House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/55980b83-f691-4c1f-8d4b-23c805c10fba/ANDLYONS-RGH-SK-02-V1.png Projects - River Garden House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/8edda5e8-d942-425c-9c53-493ce31f9a3b/ANDLYONS-RGH-SK-03-V1.png Projects - River Garden House A multigenerational family live in a previously extended cottage along with a separate annex for the grandparents. The family of five wanted to explore options to create more space both in the main house and in their garden. The design is formed of two main parts; extensions to the main house plus a new garden pavilion to replace a dilapidated summer house. The single storey part of the extension has a mono-pitched roof over the kitchen and living spaces whilst the two storey part follows the existing form and ridge line of the house. The mono-pitched roof keeps the height down to a minimum on the boundary to respect the neighbouring property whilst reaching up to an almost double height space overlooking the river and the rest of the garden. Vertical timber frames help to break up the glazing and give a kind of rhythm to the facade, echoing the woodland to the south side of the garden. The two storey element has a plinth of Cotswold stone. Above this is a 3 sided glazed strip with a stone gable above. The garden building is perched on stilts on the edge of the small river which runs through the garden. It is designed as a flexible family space that can also serve as a guest house. An overhanging roof on all sides protects a walkway which connects to the garden via two bridges over the river. https://lyonsarchitects.com/projects/rotundaofrevelries monthly 0.5 2022-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/1662202913472-O6NT8QGFWGLVPD7EPV12/%2526LYONS-COLLAB-LPG-01_300dpi.jpg Projects - Rotunda of Revelries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/dfb8238c-ddaf-48dd-a176-af4f2cba5503/%26LYONS-COLLAB-LPG-04_300dpi.jpg Projects - Rotunda of Revelries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/ea00a9f1-e98c-4ab0-a8c8-684755b29a6e/%26LYONS-COLLAB-LPG-02.jpg Projects - Rotunda of Revelries https://lyonsarchitects.com/projects/abbeyroadtownhouse monthly 0.5 2022-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62c99667357da95817c5f7d8/a8c4f124-517e-4f21-8fab-89f35fa182dd/%26LYONS-17054-AP-AXO-002.png Projects - Abbey Road Townhouse Nestled into a Georgian stuccoed terrace looking out to the famous Abbey Road Studios, the existing house was largely unmodernised. This lead to a clear ambition to rediscover its well considered Georgian characteristics in addition to a reinterpretation of a traditional 'orangery' to the rear. A two storey element with a roof terrance atop grounds the extension allowing the ‘lighter’ single storey element to appear to float between it and the existing, two hundred year old, brick garden wall. Two large format frameless glass roof lights are held in place by a frame formed of SIPs (Structurally Insulated Panels) and clad in bespoke back-painted glass. Whilst a sliding folding door system is often avoided due to its increased number of frames, which decrease transparency, it was used here to emphasise the verticality of the townhouse and the linear nature of the original Georgian windows. The previous additions to the rest of the house were carefully peeled away to allow for a careful refurbishment and preservation of the original materials and features to take place. A stone entrance hall now leads to the upper storeys of the house, bathed in light from the south facing windows. It also leads down to the lower ground floor where the kitchen, dining and living spaces lead out to the garden.