{"id":4490,"date":"2025-08-27T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=4490"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:09:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:09:35","slug":"material-works-extends-hackney-home-into-an-oversized-bay-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/material-works-extends-hackney-home-into-an-oversized-bay-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Material Works extends Hackney home into an oversized bay window"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Hackney<\/div>\n

London architecture studio Material Works has updated a Victorian home<\/a> in Hackney<\/a>, extending into its garden with a large double-height bay window framed with natural stone<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named Hackney Bay House, the project involved transforming what the studio described as a “dark and confined” dwelling into an open, light-filled series of spaces for a family.<\/p>\n

\"Rear
Material Works has updated a Victorian home in Hackney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite being located in a conservation area, the neighbouring home had been extensively expanded before this status was granted, giving Material Works<\/a> a precedent to extend the client’s dwelling into its rear garden.<\/p>\n

Taking cues from the visual language of the terraced street, the extension was conceived of as an oversized bay window made from natural stone, scaling up a familiar architectural motif to bring light and garden views into a new dining area.<\/p>\n

\"Interior
A double-height bay window was added to the home’s rear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The existing terrace of houses has a clear rhythm to the rear, articulated by large bay windows at ground level,” Material Works director Dickon Hayward told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“Our new elevation reinterprets this, extending the glazing down to the lower ground level, with larger panes and framed in natural stone,” he added.<\/p>\n

\"Kitchen
Open-plan living spaces are located on the ground floor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The lower ground floor of the home has been completely reconfigured to house a singular living, dining and kitchen area, slightly sunken at the rear in order to maximise its ceiling height and help to demarcate its different areas.<\/p>\n

At the front of the home, an entertaining space overlooks a light well that sits below street level, while in the centre the kitchen is located alongside a timber staircase.<\/p>\n

Stepping down at the rear of the home, the living and dining area expands into a side extension topped by a glass ceiling and the double-height bay window extension, where it is overlooked by a new mezzanine study area on the level above.<\/p>\n