BUILDING THE DREAM PART THREE: Star-glazers

Kunal Trehan and Thomas Hope have taken a unique approach to the glasswork at their self-build Sandbach home

- Kate Houghton

This month, in the third part of our series following Kunal Trehan and Thomas Hope as they progress with their build, we are looking at glazing, doors and drainage. “Dull, dull, dull!” do I hear you cry? Not in the least...

“We wanted a light-filled home with large windows to frame the garden views and capture vast amounts of sky,” Kunal says. “We used contemporary frameless glazing to define the exterior and break up the frontage. One entire wall of the house will be glazed, and as well as huge windows on each elevation, we have designed structural glazing to run from the front of the property to the rear, cutting through the roof and flooding the house with light.”

Structural glazing isn’t a term I have heard before, but when I see the CGI of the house, I immediately grasp the singularity of this design, and wonder how they came up with the idea.

“The glazing was always going to make or break the exterior design and we wanted to push the boundaries by introducing some elements that may not have been tried before,” Thomas says. “Kunal, once he has an idea, knows exactly how to take it to the next level and running glazing from front to rear with no break in the ridge join, was the way to do it. The structural glazing runs across the location of the hallway, which is double height in design, so when you enter the house you will be able to see straight up to the sky.”