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Contemporary extension and refurbishment of a Hampshire family home, creating open-plan living, improved energy performance and a seamless connection to the garden.
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Evolving a Contemporary Family Home
Cobham House is the sensitive extension and refurbishment of a contemporary family home in Twyford, Hampshire. Originally built in 2010, the house offered a strong architectural foundation but didn't reflect the needs of its new owners.
The brief was not to reinvent the house, but to build upon its strengths - creating a more generous, light-filled home with improved connections to the garden, enhanced environmental performance and spaces designed for modern family life.
A Seamless Extension
The new additions have been carefully integrated with the existing architecture, extending its clean horizontal lines and contemporary character while creating a more cohesive composition.
Internally, the layout has been reconfigured around an open-plan kitchen, dining and living space that forms the social heart of the home. Large-format glazing opens directly onto the garden, strengthening the relationship between inside and out while introducing generous natural light throughout the day.
Additional breakout spaces provide flexibility for family life, creating places to gather as well as quieter areas for work and relaxation.
Materiality
The extension builds upon the language of the original house through a restrained palette of timber, painted masonry and expansive glazing.
Natural timber introduces warmth and texture, softening the contemporary architecture while complementing the surrounding landscape. Carefully framed views and considered window placement maintain privacy while connecting the interior with its leafy setting.
Designed for the Future
Alongside improving the quality of the living spaces, the project enhances the home's long-term environmental performance through upgraded construction, improved insulation and the integration of sustainable technologies.
Rather than replacing what already worked, Cobham House demonstrates how thoughtful contemporary architecture can adapt and evolve an existing home - creating a more efficient, more connected and more enjoyable place for family life.
Original building design by T2 architects.