/ BACK TO PROJECTS THE GREEN MACHINE The design was born out of the client’s need to rethink how to live in a compact studio flat in East-London by providing adaptable spaces to suit many different uses such as sleeping, eating, working, entertaining, lounging, etc. The design strategy focused the tight budget on a grouping […]

/ BACK TO PROJECTS CARPENTER’S LOFTA reconfiguration to a cellular loft that strikes a balance between the architectural characteristics of the remaining 1900’s woodwork factory and the brute 1980’s residential conversion, providing the clients with a bright open plan living space to celebrate their love for cooking. Inspired by the historical carpentry program, as well […]

/ BACK TO PROJECTS THE CHAPEL This project playfully reinterprets religious elements into programmatic features to transform this small space within a grade 2 listed church in London, England, into a heavenly retreat.   Materials and colours are introduced to enhance spatial characteristics, such as the brass inlay pattern set within the porcelain floor tiles […]

/ BACK TO PROJECTS THE BARN-DOOR STUDIO A new studio and living space is carefully nestled amongst a cluster of surrounding buildings to replace and celebrate an original garage that previously sat on the site. The beautiful old barn doors were salvaged, re-used and integrated into the new design.   New meaningful relationships are constructed […]

/ BACK TO PROJECTS DRIFTWOOD HOUSE A beach house that responds to the client’s brief of providing flexible living spaces, bedrooms and amenity spaces such as a sauna with views to the ocean and heightened connection to the landscape. Inspired by the client’s strong connection to a large piece of driftwood on the site, a […]

/ BACK TO PROJECTS BUS SHELTERInspired by the surrounding landscape and the wind in the valleys, Bus Shelter seeks to encompass users into an intimate, fluid space where they may pause, contemplate, or simply glimpse through the stacked wood slits at the scenery beyond as they wait for the bus. The vernacular sheds stocked with […]

/ BACK TO PROJECTS BUSH THEATRE The surrounding urban context was analysed and conceptually embedded within the design proposal that lightly pierces the existing opaque brick facade to introduce a new publicly accessible entrance, stream of natural light, and engaging community and operational programmes such as a new cafe terrace, bar extension, studio and (hireable) […]

/ BACK TO PROJECTS LIBERATES HOUSE The striking masonry facade of Libertas House was carved by the noted Scottish sculptor William Mossman II between 1870 and 1873. Mossman seems to have drawn on the well-known Latin motto ‘Libertas Justitia Veritas’ – meaning ‘Freedom, Justice, Truth’ – in his designs for the building as he included […]

/ BACK TO PROJECTS THE BISCUIT FACTORYA refurbishment that sought to revive the architectural characteristics of the original baking rooms in an old biscuit factory in East London, which had been masked in a 1980’s conversion.  By using inhabitable ‘pods’ constructed from Birch plywood to divide the rooms and take advantage of the high ceiling […]

/ BACK TO PROJECTS TREE HOUSE ‘MEMORIAL’ A collaborative 3 day design and build workshop with Studio In The Woods to create a shelter that both celebrates and protects a decaying tree on a woodland property by delicately framing the tree – as well as views to the surrounding landscape – constructed without the use […]