House Extension Ideas

This page features advice for researching home design ideas and illustrating your own personal taste to your architect.

The Royal Institute of British Architects has an excellent bookshop in London where there are many books devoted to house extensions and refurbishments by London architects. This may be a great starting point to find ideas for your project, and as much of London's housing stock is similar, you may find a project that has been completed on a residence like your own.

It is also a good idea to study the projects from well-known architects as a way of developing your personal architectural preferences. It may be that you are you excited by the restricted formal quality, yet rich materials of Peter Zumthor, or perhaps the 'ultra-modern' glass of Foster and Partners is more inspiring to you.

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There are also a number of useful online home design resources. We would recommend taking a look at our blog of our favourite residential projects by other firms - we think it is a great resource of modern house design ideas. Most home design magazines found in newsagents also have large resources of online articles that allow access to a wide range of design ideas and images.

Whenever you find articles or images that appeal to you, it is a good idea to save them for use as a reference when explaining your tastes to your designer. These images will help in the initial appraisal stage of your project, and when you come to develop a brief. They will also aid the task of developing your architect's initial design sketches or 'mood boards' for your proposed space.

Contact us today if you would like to arrange a consultation with an architect to discuss your design ideas.

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