Oxfordshire rear extension with kitchen island
Lightbox Architects are now a Chartered Practice
We are proud to say that we are now an RIBA Chartered Practice.
Clients can be confident they will receive the highest quality professional services.
The RIBA is at architecture.com, and there is a wealth of useful information on the website including about working with an architect for your home.
Passive House retrofit
To achieve a low carbon future, existing housing stock needs to be retrofited for energy effiency. We have detailed a project for the retrofit of a 3-bed detached house to PassivHaus standards (EnerPhit – the Passive House Certificate for retrofits). Every retrofit is going to have its own strategy and complexities and this project is based on adding a ‘jacket’ of external insulated render around the existing masonry walls. The detailing of a project like this is crucial because air tightness and thermal continuity are key to achieving a low energy building.
Rear extension works starting on site
We’re pleased to say construction of our latest extension in West Oxford has just started on site. Hand-digging trenches must be doubly hard work in a mask so an extra thank you to Tom and his groundworkers.
Side-return extension submitted to planners
Our clients asked us to design a side-return extension to their Victorian house in West Oxford. We’ve proposed a huge flat rooflight and oversized glazed doors, and a new window in the outrigger. These will flood the new dining area and the existing kitchen with natural light.
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Site work progressing on two-storey rear extension in East Oxford
Site work on this exciting project has managed to keep going through spring and summer this year. We can’t wait to see the final building…
A first-floor extension turning a bungalow into a family home
This is a proposal for a unique 1970’s bungalow. The clients needed a 2-storey home with room for their extended family so this design adds a sympathetic first floor. We submitted the scheme to the planners at Vale of White Horse earlier this year.
From sketch to finished building…
New photos are now on the website showing a completed three-storey park-side house in West Oxford. This house has incredible views through large ‘frameless’ glass windows. Here’s our initial sketch for the planners (submitted 2017), seen alongside a similar view of the finished building photographed a few weeks ago.
Many thanks to our wonderful photographer Ryan Cowan ryancowan.com
Stunning zinc clad extension goes to Building Control
We are very proud to have completed the detailed design for a contemporary two storey rear extension in Iffley Fields in East Oxford. A full height glass wall facing the view and catching the last of the day’s sunlight is one of the most striking design features. The standing seam metal cladding to the roof and upper floor walls is detailed with a concealed gutter and rain water pipe to give a crisp clean line to the extension. Pitched and flat roof lights bring light and sun deep in to the interior.
New website
After a long wait our new website is now up. A big thank you to all of our wonderful clients over the past ten years. We are very proud of the work that we have done and of the varied and interesting projects that we have helped to create.