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Located within the Hampstead conservation area, Corner House is a late Victorian end of terrace. The design involved retaining the 3 storey red brick façade, with the rest of the house entirely reconstructed using contemporary, and more thermally efficient, construction techniques. The principal extension forms a street facing addition to bookend the terrace. Shortlisted for […]

Regeneration of the Aylesbury is about more than new homes, community facilities and improved open spaces. The partnership is committed to ensuring that local people experience the social and economic benefits of regeneration, such as employment, education and training and improvements in health and wellbeing. In total, 3,600 new homes are planned 50% of which […]

alma-nac has completed a new self-build family home in South East London. In a city where land is scarce House-within-a-House offered a solution for densifying low-rise residential plots on the fringes of the city. By extending the accommodation it allows the house owners – a family of seven – to stay in the neighbourhood. The […]

The architects named this stunning project The Tailored House: “The clients drew an analogy between their new house and a tailored suit – recognisable, elegant and simple when viewed as a whole, but revealing individuality and material opulence in detail.” “Despite the local sensitivities, the five-bedroom house is neither a resurrection of the pre-existing building, […]

The Lansby, designed by Flanagan Lawrence and built by Wates Construction, is located within the heart of the vast new Wembley Park regeneration. The development comprises of a pair of contemporary residential buildings which are situated between Elvin Gardens and Olympic Way, just a few minutes’ walk from Wembley Park Underground Station. These new buildings […]

Part of the ongoing Kings Cross regeneration scheme, this development provides 154 apartments and 1600m2 of commercial space on the banks of the Regents Canal. EH Smith worked with the project team to select and supply the elegant linear brick to complement the design. The 275x50x85mm brick was softened with a rustic edge to give […]

This new £43m facility is the first complete new build Conservatoire in the UK since 1987, and provides state-of-the-art performance space and acoustical quality. The new building is in the heart of the City’s learning quarter, which is also home to Birmingham City University’s City Centre Campus, the ThinkTank Museum, and the Birmingham Ormiston Academy. […]