The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Knox Bhavan retrofits early Victorian villa in Camberwell as low-energy home
The renovation and extension preserves the house’s period elegance while creating a warm low-energy home for the clients to ‘age in place’
Small project & extension
House extensions and refurbishments, plus other small-scale or budget projects undertaken by architects. Find out more about AJ Small Projects here
Architecture Office reworks listed cottage in Cornwall
The early 19th-century house has been extended, restored and rationalised to create a design-focused holiday let
Neil Dusheiko remodels London terraced home into ‘spa-like’ retreat
Voids and lightwells combine with textures and planting to create a home described as ‘both tranquil and invigorating’
Pensaer London completes allotment-inspired home extension
Inspired by the clients’ relationship with their garden, Pensaer London has completed a £165,000 extension to a cottage in Southwark, south London
Mike Tuck Studio adds ‘escape’ room to 1930s Walthamstow semi
Mike Tuck Studio has remodelled a 1930s semi, introducing an open plan living space and reusing materials such as reclaimed school parquet and recycled plastic
ao-ft reconfigures garden wall into ground-floor extension
Barclay Corner is a 61m² rear and side extension to a ground-floor flat situated within a conservation area in Walthamstow, east London
Going full circle: new housing on former Berlin brewery
A mixed-use retrofit project in Berlin takes truly circular planning and construction a step further
Proctor & Shaw completes wraparound extension in Dulwich
The heavy overhang of the new roof takes its cues from Frank Lloyd Wright and is crisply detailed with a gutterless, serrated eave design
Conform completes texture-rich rework of Hampstead garden flat
The design reorientates the living spaces out towards the garden, with materials ranging from green terrazzo to clay-toned plaster, exposed concrete and oak cabinetry
Pensaer completes curved glass-cornered extension in East Dulwich
Pensaer’s extension of a ground-floor flat in south London creates glazed pockets of space connecting the interior to the garden