This is a small building, on two floors, in the midst of North Yorkshire.
The architects attempted to balance the existing house with a new rear addition: a glass volume. The lower contains a living area and kitchen. Above is a second volume, which appears to be partially suspended below the ceiling of the first if looked from inside the glass volume, this holds the bedrooms and private spaces. To emphasize the interplay of volumes, the building has been designed in a rather blank, abstract material language.
The Gallery House is sited between two very long party walls. In order to bring natural light deep into the interior, a series of small gardens are extracted from the facade and roofline. This creates a complex series of nested spaces, merging the interior with surrounding landscape. Rooms are unexpectedly located and strangely formed, partially overlapping with others or sharing views of interior garden spaces. The largest of these contains the main stair, which winds informally between rooms at front and back.
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