A 1.5-acre rural site near Diss in Mid Suffolk: agricultural landscape, a fishing lake, and a tall line of poplars along the southern boundary. The clients loved the location but the existing 1990s house barely engaged with any of it, and had a conservatory that had become a storage cupboard. They didn't want to knock the whole house down, but to find a way to respond better to the site.

A new two-storey zinc-roofed extension makes an L-shaped arrangement forming a protected courtyard. A single-storey entrance hall links old and new, creating the legible main entry. Primary living spaces move into the extension: open-plan kitchen, dining, and living with framed window views out to the landscape, and large sliding doors opening onto the courtyard.