Regent Street
The project was to extend a small 1st floor flat into the loft and create a new bedroom with dormer. A simple brief complicated only by the lack of headroom in the loft, the client’s design ambition and conservative planning rules in this conservation area of Edinburgh.
2015 Winner, RIAS Award
| Client | Private | ||
| Location | Portobello, Edinburgh | ||
| Category | Loft Conversion & Dormer | ||
| Status | Completed | ||
| Year | 2013 | ||
| Structural Engineer | Burnt Siena Structures | ||
| Contractor | Gloss Projects | ||
| Photography | Alan Craigie / David Barbour | ||
This street has the densest concentration of listed buildings in Portobello (54 in 120m). The planners were resistant to the idea of a dormer in this location at all but following long negotiations a rear dormer was conceded. We then made a case for a low profile, long dormer, more than twice as long as is normally permitted, because this had less visual impact than a dormer located near the eaves.
The project allowed a west facing picture window with an unusual view. It is clad in anthracite zinc by French artisans and includes an idiosyncratic splay to let afternoon light in, a fixed glass pane and a timber door for ventilation.
