{"id":1546,"date":"2012-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granit.preview.uk.com\/contemporary-in-twickenham\/"},"modified":"2017-09-15T18:15:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T17:15:44","slug":"contemporary-in-twickenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rwarchitect.co.uk\/old2024\/contemporary-in-twickenham\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Design in Twickenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>We are currently working on proposals for the extension of a detached house with a contemporary design in Twickenham, south-west London.<\/h2>\n<p>The rear of the house is to be extended under permitted development, to create a modern clean extension containing a new kitchen and living space. There will also be alterations at first and upper levels to the windows to tie it all together, as well as internal reconfigurations to create a modern family home.<\/p>\n<p>At the rear of the garden, a summer house with home-office space and garden storage, will reflect the style of the main extension in form, materials and the design of the glazing. Work is due to start on site September 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Update: you can see the <a href=\"https:\/\/rwarchitect.co.uk\/old\/project\/ravensbourne-road\/\">finished contemporary design by clicking here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7442\" src=\"https:\/\/rwarchitect.co.uk\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/contemporary-twickenham1-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"contemporary-twickenham1\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rwarchitect.co.uk\/old2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/contemporary-twickenham1-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/rwarchitect.co.uk\/old2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/contemporary-twickenham1.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7443 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rwarchitect.co.uk\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/contemporary-twickenham2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Contemporary Design in Twickenham\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rwarchitect.co.uk\/old2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/contemporary-twickenham2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rwarchitect.co.uk\/old2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/contemporary-twickenham2.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7444 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rwarchitect.co.uk\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/contemporary-twickenham3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Contemporary Design in Twickenham\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rwarchitect.co.uk\/old2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/contemporary-twickenham3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rwarchitect.co.uk\/old2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/contemporary-twickenham3.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are currently working on proposals for the extension of a detached house with a contemporary design in Twickenham, south-west London. The rear of the house is to be extended under permitted development, to create a modern clean extension containing a new kitchen and living space. There will also be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.2 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Contemporary Design in Twickenham - Granit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Granit recently submitted proposals to reconfigure, extend and remodel a house with a contemporary design in Twickenham. 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