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Architect: AGORA architecture + design
Project type: Residential / interiors
Client: A family of 4.
Start of build: July 2021
Completion date: February 2022
Full address: Corstorphine, Edinburgh

Photographer: Alix Macintosh /+44 (0)7966 617 486 / alixmcintosh@gmail.com
Main contractor: Platinum Property Services
Structural engineer: Structural Design Consultants

Suppliers
Flooring: Ted Todd / Raw Cotton in herringbone format
Windows and doors: / Express Bi-folds / XP View Bi-fold door / Horizon window
Kitchen and bookshelves: / Archispek
Sockets and switches:/ Corston Architectural Detail /Clear antique brass with white inserts / antique brass
with white inserts
Radiators :/ DQ Heating / Adara Column Radiators
Fireplace: / Bioethanol-fireplace.co.uk / Foco
Paint: / Lick paints

This is an image capturing the interior of a living room that seamlessly integrates with the adjacent dining area, showcasing an array of furniture pieces that decorate the space.

This is an interior photograph showcasing a dining area that seamlessly blends with the adjacent kitchen area, creating a harmonious and cohesive living space.

This is a different perspective of an interior photograph showcasing a dining area that is seamlessly integrated with the adjacent kitchen area.

This is an interior photograph that captures the seamless integration of the main living areas, creating an expansive and cohesive space.

This image features a small dining area designed to accommodate up to three individuals.

This is an interior photograph highlighting the dining set and an expansive glass door that leads to the outdoor area, creating a seamless connection between indoor and outdoor living spaces.

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This is an image featuring the kitchen area, which showcases a central island and the full height cabinetry, which adds to the storage capacity and aesthetic appeal of the kitchen.

This is an image of a kitchen area that showcases a central island with accompanying stools for seating and the oak herringbone floor design, which adds a touch of elegance and sophistication to the overall aesthetic of the kitchen.

This is a focused image that highlights the kitchen island table and green shelves, which are filled with dishes and also provides a glimpse of the outdoor area view.

This is an image of a kitchen that showcases its basin sink, also highlights a large glass window, which not only allows natural light to illuminate the space but also offers a beautiful view of the outdoors.

Existing and proposal plan of the house.

This mid-century terraced house is located in the quiet suburban area of Corstorphine, Edinburgh. A previous front extension had resulted in a long narrow kitchen, separated from the living room and the back garden. The fragmented layout meant that the family were often in separate rooms: cooking, doing homework, watching TV.

Our brief was to create a layout that would allow the family to be together more, and to bring the kitchen to the heart of the home. The solution was to create an L shaped living space, oriented towards the back garden. Walls to the old kitchen and hall were removed to open up the space, and the windows and doors altered to maximise light and garden connections.

To the front of the house, in the old kitchen, a home office / spare bedroom has been created. A cosy “snug” sits at the centre of the plan, with a focal fireplace. The kitchen and dining areas are located to the rear, with bi-fold doors and a picture window to the garden.

The exposed steel structure helps to define the zones. The kitchen units have been treated as a piece of furniture: appliances are hidden behind full height oak doors, with the sink set within a central alcove. Full height shelving frames an oak lined window seat as well as providing a place to display the clients’ personal items.

An oak herringbone floor is used throughout the ground floor, and the green and pink colour palette is adopted in the kitchen units, walls and steelwork, and the soft furnishings. This continuity of finishes, along with minimal details like flush skirtings, frameless doors and transparent switches help to create a feeling of space.

The resulting spaces are calm and relaxed, with enough room to accommodate large gatherings, while having more intimate spaces for cosy nights by the fire Practice Profile AGORA is based in Edinburgh and works across Scotland and the wider UK. We design unique homes and considered extensions; sensitive alterations to listed properties; transformational renovations; educational projects; and commercial and retail environments.

We are an RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) and RIAS (Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland) Chartered Practice, and all of our architects are ARB (Architects Registration Board) registered and members of RIAS and RIBA. Sustainability is an important part of our practice, and we are also a member of SEDA (Scottish Ecological Design Association)

Practice Profile

AGORA is based in Edinburgh and works across Scotland and the wider UK. We design unique homes and considered extensions; sensitive alterations to listed properties; transformational renovations; educational projects; and commercial and retail environments.