In south London, a Victorian house has a new extension clad in black aluminum, with a distinctive three-fold roofline. The work has transformed a cold, dark area that the owners used very little into a bright, open-plan space that is now the hub of the home.



“Perhaps the best accolade we could give is even eighteen months from completion, the wow factor is still there,” wrote the owner, Alan Jones, in an email.

A short drive away is Battersea House, a terraced property that now has two extensions: a contemporary rooftop addition for a new master bedroom suite and an open-plan space downstairs. The latter stretches into the garden, and its cream brick contrasts with the postwar property’s dark painted exterior.

“The relationship of how we use the garden has totally changed,” said John Proctor, an architect and the owner of Battersea House, where he lives with his family. “A lot of these projects address the challenge of how a modern family wants to live.”