Section. Light. Landscape.

At Whitebeam Road, this project demonstrates how careful manipulation of level and volume can unlock entirely new spatial potential within a constrained urban footprint.

The key move sits in the section. A sunken rear extension, lowered by 1,100mm, responds directly to the site’s natural slope, mitigating overshadowing while creating a dramatic, double-height living space that draws daylight deep into the plan.

This is architecture working with topography, not against it.

An internal courtyard is introduced at the junction between old and new, allowing light to penetrate the centre of the house, while a glazed stair core acts as a vertical light well. Stitching the spaces together and reinforcing visual continuity.

To the rear, large-format glazing frames the long, sloping garden and its connection to the adjacent riverside landscape, transforming what was once a disconnected back into the focal point of the home.

A project defined not by expansion alone, but by precision in how space, light and level are composed.