England

Cat Hill Barn by Snook Architects

Cat Hill Barn by Snook Architects Architects: Snook Architects Location: Hoylandswaine, England Year: 2012 Area: 3,810 sqft Photo courtesy: Andy Haslam Description: Cat Hill Barn is a beautiful grade II listed barn built in the late 16th century, sitting in the rolling hills of Yorkshire. Despite a difficult process...

Queens Gate Apartment by TG Studio

Queens Gate Apartment by TG Studio Architects: TG Studio Location: London, England Photo courtesy: Sheila Fitzjones Description: TG-Studio was appointed to join two separate apartments on the 2nd floor of a magnificent mansion block in central London bordering Hyde Park. The building was built in 1880; it...

Hampstead House by TG Studio

Hampstead House by TG Studio Architects: TG Studio Location: London, England Year: 2012 Photo courtesy: Philip Vile Description: Interior Architect Thomas Griem of TG STUDIO bought this Arts and Crafts house in London in 2011.The house had not been touched for 50 years and was pretty much in...

De Beauvoir Road by Scott Architects

De Beauvoir Road by Scott Architects Location: London, England Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: Craig Sheppard Description: The refurbishment and extension of an existing Victorian terraced house within the de Beauvoir Conservation Area. The sculptural form of the rear extension has resulted from specific responses to the site’s immediate...

Book Tower House by Platform 5 Architects

Book Tower House by Platform 5 Architects Location: London, England Photo courtesy: Alan Williams Photography Description: Book Tower House is a typical late Victorian mid-terraced house in Hampstead, London. The original property contained some Arts and Crafts influenced decorative aspects, which the owners were keen to...

Roominaroom by atmos

Roominaroom by atmos Location: London, England Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: atmos Description: The clients for this small residential jewel have an expanding family but fixed walls. Since they couldn’t expand upwards or outwards, we had to build inwards. We designed a room within a room. The project was generated from...

West London House by SHH

West London House by SHH Location: London, England Year: 2012 Area: 10,000 sqft Photo courtesy: Alastair Lever and Gareth Gardner Description: SHH has completed a new-build, detached, seven-bed, five-storey house in west London (with retained front façade), which features one of the largest pools of any property in...

Leman Street Penthouse by TG-STUDIO

Leman Street Penthouse by TG-STUDIO Location: London, England Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: Philip Vile Description: New-build penthouse apartment by Berkeley Homes built on top of historic Edwardian building on the doorstep of London’s thriving financial district. Thomas Griem, director of TG-Studio, was commissioned by Berkley Homes to design...

Mews House by TG-STUDIO

Mews House by TG-STUDIO Location: London, England Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: Philip Vile Description: The three storey terraced mews house was formerly used as an office building before our client Mike Penn bought it in 2012. Mike, a well-known fashion/portrait/ horse photographer (“Best Horses in The World”),...

Astley Castle by Witherford Watson Mann Architects

Astley Castle by Witherford Watson Mann Architects Location: Astley, England Year: 2012 Photo courtesy: Witherford Watson Mann Architects Description: Astley is a remote site with rich historic resonance: a moated castle, lake, church and the ghost of pleasure gardens are grouped around a shallow ridge. After decades...

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