Our clients needed a home for their large family and purchased this house that needed completely remodelling and extending to meet their requirements. On a tight time frame to move in, we developed the concept of designing a ‘new’ house around the "shell" of the original building fabric. This was planned in two phases, first...
We enjoy exploring the design potential of exposed structural elements, an inherent feature within the design of a bridge. Illustrated are a couple of bridge competitions we have entered over the years in collaboration with structural engineer firms. The Sheffield Parkway Bridge competition, explores how a tensegrity structure works as a sustainable design for spanning...
We were asked to look at the feasibility of remodelling an existing accommodation block at the Sailing Club to provide both improved accommodation as well as additional teaching rooms. We proposed 2 solutions, that would transform the existing unsightly and out of date building, into a elegant contemporary low energy building suitable for its prominent...
The brief was to provide new residential accommodation to this former pub, located on a prominent triangular site in South East London. A previous scheme had been refused before we were appointed. The solution was for an additional floor of accommodation as well as conversion of the existing first floor of the original building. Set...
The remodelling of this period house allowed us to create a large open plan kitchen / dining / family area that “opened up” onto the rear garden. The Works consisted of two key moves, a single storey rear extension with a frameless glazed link between it and the main house and the “dark wooden box”...