The beautiful Georgian Villa had served as retirement home for many years; a number of hideous extensions had taken away much of its charm. I was able to prevent its demolition by removing all the annexes and placing a new house at its side instead.

In order not to distract from the Villa this new building has been given a clear-cut, self-contained form, the shape of the roof and the fabric of its skin strongly relate to the existing building. The Villa and the new house contain five apartments each, a transparent staircase connects both buildings, its roof was designed to “disappear” if viewed from Belyars Lane.

Location Belyars Lane, St.Ives, Cornwall

Client Carrick Lodge Development Ltd.

Planning Finn Erschen Architekt

Staff Sonja Sauer, Roman Egger, Diogo Cruz, Andrew Longland

Commencement Juni 2020

Completion Dezember 2021

Area 1.000 sqm

Building Cost 2.2 Mio £