An extension that reorganises the ground floor around how the family actually lives.

Rosewood is a generous side and rear extension to an existing detached family home on the Isle of Wight. The house, as found, was a competent but disconnected arrangement of rooms — each one contained, each one underperforming. The extension is the catalyst for a complete rethinking of the ground floor plan, creating a space that is generous, luminous and directly connected to the garden.

The design removes two walls entirely and replaces a series of small rooms with a single open-plan kitchen, dining and living space that stretches from the side of the house to the full rear. A run of south-facing rooflights floods the heart of the plan with controlled daylight, eliminating the dark centre that plagued the original arrangement.

The material palette is deliberately calm: white render, oak-framed windows, brushed limestone floors and a bespoke kitchen in pale ash. The garden is redesigned as part of the same commission — a series of level terraces connected to the kitchen by two sets of full-height sliding doors that open the rear face of the house completely.