Open-Plan and Light Are Not the Same Thing When a house feels dark, removing internal walls can seem like an obvious solution. Combine the kitchen, dining room and living space, the reasoning goes, and daylight will be able to move more freely through the plan. Sometimes this works extremely well. But openness and daylight are […]
Tag Archives: Kitchen Extensions
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Sep
Sep
Bifolds Solved a Problem — Then Became the Default There is a reason bifold doors became so closely associated with contemporary extensions. They offered homeowners something immediately compelling: the ability to transform a substantial section of external wall into an opening, folding multiple glazed panels aside and allowing the room to extend towards the garden. […]
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Jul
Jul
Understanding What Each Door Is Designed to Do Comparing sliding, bifold and French doors often begins with a simple question: Which one is best? Architects tend to ask a different question altogether: What is the door trying to achieve? This shift in perspective is important because each system has been developed to solve a different […]
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Jul
Jul
Why “Small Room” Doesn’t Mean the Same Thing to Architects One of the biggest misconceptions about bifold doors is that they are only suitable for large, open-plan homes. In reality, architects rarely judge whether a glazing system is appropriate based solely on the floor area of a room. Instead, they consider how the space feels, […]