![This new home addition, furnished with a dining area and living space, has a black frame with floor-to-ceiling walls of glass, which can be opened to connect the interior of the room with the outdoors.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/glass-enclosed-house-addition-030821-748-01.jpg)
Alcantara Evans Architects has designed a new rear addition for a traditional brick home in London, England.
Their client wanted to create an open-plan space to enlarge and increase the area and light of the kitchen/dining area.
![This new home addition, furnished with a dining area and living space, has a black frame with floor-to-ceiling walls of glass, which can be opened to connect the interior of the room with the outdoors.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/glass-enclosed-house-addition-030821-748-03.jpg)
The new extension, furnished with a dining area and living space, has a black frame with floor-to-ceiling walls of glass, which can be opened to connect the interior of the room with the outdoors.
![This new home addition, furnished with a dining area and living space, has a black frame with floor-to-ceiling walls of glass, which can be opened to connect the interior of the room with the outdoors.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/glass-enclosed-house-addition-030821-748-02.jpg)
In addition to the glass walls, there are also skylights that allow the natural light to travel even further into the home.
![This new home addition, furnished with a dining area and living space, has a black frame with floor-to-ceiling walls of glass, which can be opened to connect the interior of the room with the outdoors.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/glass-enclosed-house-addition-030821-748-04.jpg)