Casa del Sol is the remodelling of a townhouse in South London to create a generous living space on the lower ground floor and add a new bedroom and bathrooms on the upper floors. An innovative glazed gap was created to define the new kitchen.
Project name
Casa del Sol
Architecture firm
Sophie Nguyen Architects
Location
Brixton, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Photography
Hufton + Crow, Ruth Ward
Principal architect
Sophie Nguyen
Structural engineer
Form Structural Design
Typology
Residential › House
The Cottage, a self build eco barn which used materials from the existing yard setting and contrasted them with a refined design detail, inspired by the agricultural utilitarian construction methods of the surrounds. The Cottage is a replacement dwelling within an existing equestrian facility and farmyard.
Architecture firm
Artel31
Location
Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Principal architect
Robert Elkins
Design team
Richard Charles Jones (Project Architect)
Interior design
Annalise Nicholas - Artel31
Civil engineer
Giraffe Engineering
Structural engineer
Giraffe Engineering
Environmental & MEP
Ellendale Environmental
Visualization
Fred Palmer - Artel31
Tools used
Vectorworks, Blender, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Mixed - Steel Frame, Masonry and Timber Frame.
Material
Stone, reclaimed brick, Cedar
Client
Mr and Mrs Gyle Thompson
Typology
Residential › House, New Bucolic
One of Watershedd's latest schemes, Green Hedges is perched high on a rolling hillside overlooking Mawgan Porth beach in Cornwall. Featuring seven bedrooms, a large open plan living area and an independently accessed surfboard room and sauna, every element of the architectural and interior design has been composed with serene and sociable modern li...
Project name
Green Hedges
Architecture firm
Watershedd
Location
Mawgan Porth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Photography
Evie Johnstone
Principal architect
Watershedd
Design team
Watershedd, Martin Perry Associates, Louise Holt Design, Millarf & Flo, Selma Klophaus
Interior design
Louise Holt Design
Civil engineer
Noble Construction
Structural engineer
Martin Perry Associates
Environmental & MEP
Noble Construction
Construction
Block cavity walls with stone cladding, steel framed with timber stud wall to the first floor
Material
Cornish Stone, Western Red Cedar Cladding, Zinc Roofing
Typology
Residential › House
Berkshire House II is a substantial 550sqm five bedroom modernist new build home in a suburban village in Berkshire. Occupying a spectacular woodland site overlooking the river Thames, it replaces an existing dilapidated dwelling that one of the clients had grown up in.
Architecture firm
Gregory Phillips Architects
Location
Berkshire, Reading, England, United Kingdom
Principal architect
James Shelton, Gregory Phillips
Design team
James Shelton, Gregory Phillips
Interior design
Gregory Phillips Architects
Civil engineer
Heyne Tillet Steel
Structural engineer
Heyne Tillet Steel
Lighting
London Lighting Corporation
Material
Brick and Timber
Typology
Residential › Single Family Dwelling
This project, for a house in Notting Hill in London, started during the COVID-19 pandemic. With social distancing, the works on site had to be organised differently taking more time to be done, using materials available in existing storage and more personal interpretation from the team on site due to remote communication.
Project name
Lockdown Stair
Architecture firm
Sophie Nguyen Architects
Location
Notting Hill, London, UK
Photography
Hufton + Crow
Principal architect
Sophie Nguyen
Collaborators
FPS Flooring (Floor Specialists)
Supervision
Sophie Nguyen Architects
Visualization
Sophie Nguyen Architects
Construction
Corcoran Builders Ltd
Material
Timber joists, Plywood, Painted MDF, Painted plasterboard
Typology
Residential › House
This exemplary design in Shropshire consists of a 1200 sqm new-build contemporary detached family home set within an inspirational twenty-acre rural site. The concept was to allow the landscaping to blend and interact with the building, blurring their boundaries and rooting the building into its site.
Project name
Shropshire Residence
Architecture firm
Gregory Phillips Architects
Location
Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Principal architect
Ralph Hill-King, Gregory Phillips
Design team
Ralph Hill-King, Gregory Phillips, Karla Diaz
Interior design
Gregory Phillips
Structural engineer
Ramboll
Lighting
Light Corporation
Visualization
Gregory Phillips
Material
Brick, Concrete, Metal, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Located with the Dulwich Estate and in Dulwich Village Conservation Area, this modest Victorian cottage underwent a full refurbishment and extension. In it, a pair of perforated brick panels connect the considered interiors with its garden.
Project name
Block Colour
Architecture firm
Variant Office
Location
Dulwich Conservation Area, London, United Kingdom
Photography
Rachael Smith
Principal architect
Ashvin de Vos
Design team
Variant Office
Interior design
Variant Office
Structural engineer
Ian Harban Consulting Engineers
Supervision
Variant Office
Construction
DB Construction
Material
Brick, polished concrete, wood
Typology
Residential › House, full refurbishment, rear extension
Surrounded on all sides, due to the low nature of boundary fence lines ‘Hideaway’s’ garden has uninterrupted light for 70% of the day. This makes this garden of high value to the current owners' love and appreciation of gardening.
Project name
The Hideaway
Architecture firm
Alter & Company
Location
Kemptown, Brighton, United Kingdom
Photography
Lorenzo Zandri
Principal architect
Grant Shepherd, Leith Mckenzie
Interior design
Alter & Company
Landscape
Alter & Company
Visualization
Alter & Company
Construction
Masonry, Timber Frame, Cladding Corrugated Black Steel
Typology
Residential › House, Domestic/City Conservation
