Andrew Minto - Director of Andrew Minto Architecture and Landhaven Homes - has been featured in a full-page editorial for the ‘Clevedon & Portishead Resident’ magazine (March 2020).
Planning Permission given for major remodel
Woodhill Road, Portishead,
Planning Permission given March 2018.
Building Regulation complete March 2018.
Our brief was to modernise the whole building (for a striking contemporary design) - with masses of light internally and lots of 'wow-features'!
To complication matters - the building is set in a Conservation Area.dd
The existing building was very dark internally, for a number of reasons:
- Low number of windows.
- Split levels internally (preventing light passing through).
- Large roof overhangs (shielding windows from light).
- Recessed entrance with frosted glass (preventing light entering).
- Dark materials, especially internally (making it look and feel dark).
- Orientation to the sun, where most of the day sun light is only at the side.