Step House, North London Building Extension, Extended Property, Home Photos, Architecture
Step House in North London
Extended Brick Residence, UK Property Renewal – design by Bureau de Change, architects
30 Apr 2018
Step House
Architects: Bureau de Change
Location: North London, England, UK
Step House in North London

Bureau de Change have reimagined the conventional terraced-house extension for a home in North London with an innovative addition that both celebrates and elevates the humble brick.

Katerina Dionysopoulou, Co-Founder of Bureau de Change explains: ?Instead of the more expected glass structure, we looked to the brick and its inherent potential as a stackable module to create a far more sculptural material expression. Using bricks reclaimed from the fabric of the house, we exploited the rights of light diagram to create a staggered, extruded form that appears to melt away from the existing structure.?
This rhythmic stepping generated by the brick is echoed throughout the interior, and is integrated in both the plan and section of the extension. Viewed from the terrace above, the form creates an attractive silhouette ? a feature rare in more straightforward additions.

Inside, Bureau de Change?s characteristic dramatisation of space comes into play with a careful sequencing of spaces ? transforming the expansive ground floor into a journey through carefully designed ambiences.

The standard layout has been flipped, with the kitchen taking its new place...