Track Record/Islington

HEAT have obtained a valuable consent from the London Borough of Islington to convert a C19th warehouse of 25,000 sq ft in Clerkenwell into residential use. We created ten flats and three live-work units, and retained 4000 sq ft of B1 use, adding additional space at roof level. The flats were generously proportioned with high ceilings and floor to ceiling windows and provide genuine loft living in the city. The scheme was drawn up and planning obtained within four months of appointment.

Project 057

In the Canonbury Conservation Area in Islington, HEAT have negotiated Planning and Listed Building consent for an innovative garden room extension at the side of a semi-detached Islington townhouse. The house was in need of extensive refurbishment which included lowering the floor in the basement to provide a more spacious and airy feel for rooms that were originally designed to serve as secondary spaces.

The side extension replaces a lean-to outbuilding and garage and has a floor-to-ceiling wall of glass which faces towards the wide rear garden. To soften the transition between the glass and the landscape a sliding timber louvred screen was introduced. This provides solar screening for the glass, privacy from overlooking in an urban setting and an appropriate material to relate to the garden design and was described by the planning officers as “innovative and appropriate”

Project 020

HEAT have gained planning consent from the London Borough of Islington for a sensitive conversion of a 1970’s house on the site of a former coach house in Highbury. The proposals included a fully glazed frameless side extension by glass specialists Cantifix and a loft conversion to form a large new room. This project was interesting in that the original design had architectural integrity that we did not want to compromise and the site was very confined so the extension had to be carefully planned to work with the garden.

Project 030