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New London Architecture (NLA) today announced shortlist for the Don't Move, Improve! awards for best extensions
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Brackenbury House, west London, which took a year to build and cost £715,000, is among the 33 nominations
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Also included is The Lantern, a basement extension which took 11 months with Cubist staircase linking the floors
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NLA says owners looking to make the most of space and spend money on the best with house prices at premium
By James Dunn For Mailonline
This home, The Lantern, in Richmond, south west London, has four bedrooms, a lounge, music room, kitchen, study, dining room, gym and guest suite, with four bathrooms and was converted in 11 months
These pictures show the home, in Richmond, before the extension was added. The staircase inside looks like any other and the column which was added in the corner is not present
Brackenbury House (pictured) cost £715,000 to extend and the new basement has a glass ceiling to link it to the living space upstairs. The extension of the home took a year and was complete in May 2015
Neil Dusheiko Architects, the designers of Brackenbury House (pictured), said the owners bought the house in July 2013 and started the renovations in May 2014. They were complete 12 months later, adding 50m sq to the original 127m sq house
Calabria Road, by Architecture for London, is among the 33 nominations in the awards, which has seen more entries than ever before as people look to make the most of their home with London house prices soaring
The clean interior is an example of the modern decoration seen in homes all over the capital, as owners now use the best designers to maximise their houses with values at such a premium
Among the 33 nominations was The Lantern, by Fraher Architects, in Richmond, south west London, where the average house price for a semi-detached home is £852,965.
The five-storey period building is listed features so it extends into the basement and they have redesigned the home from the inside to create more space.
It adds a new column into a corner of the house and a Cubist staircase adds space to the home with four bedrooms, a lounge, music room, kitchen, study, dining room, gym and guest suite, and four bathrooms.
Also nominated is Brackenbury House after a £715,000 overhaul of the home in a strict conservation zone in Hammersmith, an exclusive apart of west London where the average house price for a semi-detached is more than £1million. Detached houses cost an average of £2million.
Featuring a pop-up cinema and a sky-lit bathroom, the owners have also added a new basement with a glass ceiling so that the parents can see what their children are doing in the living space, whether they are upstairs or downstairs.
Neil Dusheiko Architects, the designers, said the owners bought the house in July 2013 for £1.325million and it has recently been valued at £3.1million after the 12-month renovation - May 2014-2015 - which added 50m sq to the original 127m sq house.
In Haringey, N4, where a semi-detached costs an average of £600,000, owners spent £250,000 on an extension of to the side and rear of a house called Folds (pictured), which features a cantilever roof with what looks like a pleated ceiling
Another nominee, the Cut and Frame House (pictured), is the adaptation of a semi-detached home in Enfield to create a writing room for a children's book author and therapist
In Haringey, N4, where a semi-detached costs an average of £600,000, owners spent £250,000 on an extension of to the side and rear which feature a cantilever roof with what looks like a pleated ceiling.
Folds, by Bureau De Change Architects, took six months to complete, opens up to a conservation area called Parkland Walk, and it added around 20 per cent to the overall value of the house.
Another nominee, the Cut and Frame House, created a writing room in a semi-detached home in Enfield for a children's book author and therapist.
The room opens onto the back garden decking and has glass panels that separate it from the house but allow the owner to still see what his family is doing from inside.
Shoreditch Loft in Hackney (pictured), designed by Levitate, features a space transformed from a mixture of a hotel front enclosure, social housing and lock-up units
The arty apartment features cantilevering timber frames were developed with a concealed glued joint between the column and beam
The awards are now in their sixth year and aim to seek out architectural innovation in extensions on top of, underneath and on the side or back of buildings. This building in Hackney was once a dilapidated Victorian workshop building but has been stripped back to its structure and restored to enhance design
Designers Ashton Porter Architects said it was driven by the need for the owners to be able to both work at home but have their own separate areas, something common in the nominations.
This year, the competition received a record number of entries, as homeowners try to maximise their space with house prices rising rapidly.
Creating extensions in a conservation area or converting a listed building can be difficult, but the NLA said this resulted in a more inventive approach being taken by designers.
London Fields by Scenario Architects is a redesign from the inside out, adding a curving staircase at the core.
It features a sunken roof terrace and is linked to the house by a glass wall so people can see the terrace from the inside.
London Fields by Scenario Architects is a redesign from the inside out, adding a curving staircase at the core. It also features a sunken roof terrace and is linked to the house (pictured) by a glass wall so people can see the terrace from the inside.
Grange Yard, SE1, hoped to convert this building into a multi-functioning space to make the most of the 30sqm interior
The space at Grange Yard is small but it uses glass and clever design on the inside to make it look larger. It is used as office space in the day and can be used socially in the evening
David Kohn’s Sanderson House features a sloping roof alongside the old brick of the original house, creating a combination of materials and colours which are supposed to add vibrance to the home