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A Sensitive Edwardian Conservatory Retrofit with Curved Glass Ceilings

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Here is a very elegant retrofit of an Edwardian conservatory by London Architects Andy Martin Associates.

Rhyming perfectly with the graceful curve of the doors, new curved glass ceilings wrap over the beautifully proportioned doorways that open out into the garden behind.

The retrofit actually boasts the most horizontally placed curved glass in the UK.

The result keeps the external Victorian formality that the client desired, but the building also meets modern building codes, using very modern glass techniques.

In order to meet the R-values for insulation, the curved glass had to be double glazed and toughened and then finally coated with a metal oxide, not easy on a curved surface.

It was quite a feat. The architects approached some of the largest manufacturers of curved glass in the UK and internationally, and could not find any who felt able to handle it.

The result is coolly elegant, both historic and modern.

Unlike the dark and poky original, the conservatory now brings in twice the light of the original.

All the interior rooms now have one or two scoops of daylight reflecting extra light inwards from outside.

Via Dezeen