Commended in the Roses Awards 2003 for Best Domestic Interior

Glen Arthur

A surgical intervention was required on this 'B' listed lower villa in Edinburgh. The paltry garage extension c.1970 is remodelled as part of the strategy to open up the house to the garden front and back. Living space is distillated to the rear by the removal of a more recent extension in lieu of a curved frameless glass extensiion which is skewed towards the garden. A lead mantle binds the new composition to the rear whilst a hydrotherapy bower punctuates and restores life to the more workaday section of the rear elevation.