Neil Dusheiko Architects has recently completed the striking transformation of a Victorian semi-detached house in South Cambridge. The result is a meticulously designed extension, enveloping the existing house and marked out by a series of skylights creating an abundance of natural light inside the home.
Project name
Sun Slice House and Spa
Architecture firm
Neil Dusheiko Architects
Location
South Cambridge, UK
Photography
Edmund Sumner, Neil Dusheiko Architects
Principal architect
Neil Dusheiko Architects
Interior design
Neil Dusheiko Architects
Built area
House 290 m² Spa 70 m²
Structural engineer
Momentum Engineers
Landscape
Jane Brockbank Landscape Design
Lighting
Neil Dusheiko Architects
Supervision
Neil Dusheiko Architects
Visualization
Draw a Half Circle
Construction
Sygnet Style
Material
Brick, Aluminium, Steel, Glass, Burnt Timber
Typology
Residential › Private Home
MICA’s redevelopment of the Fairfield Halls is the first completed stage of a new cultural quarter in Croydon’s town centre – a major milestone in the town’s ongoing redevelopment. The Halls reopened in 2019 to popular & critical acclaim and extensive local pride in their restored icon and a much-loved regional venue. The holistic design approach m...
Project name
Fairfield Halls
Architecture firm
MICA Architects
Location
2 Barclay Rd, Croydon CR0 1JN, London, UK
Photography
Hufton + Crow, Andy Stagg, Jim Stephenson
Principal architect
Stuart Cade
Structural engineer
AKS Ward
Environmental & MEP
Max Fordham
Client
London Borough of Croydon + Brick by Brick Development
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Theater
St Giles Square, Centre Point is a major urban square and building renovation in Central London. A holistic urban renewal comprising new public space, historic renovation and new build delivered through multiple clients and contracts, capitalising on the upgraded transport interchange at Tottenham Court Road and the wider changes delivered as part...
Project name
Centre Point and St Giles Square
Architecture firm
MICA Architects
Photography
Andy Stagg, Andy Matthews, MICA Architects
Principal architect
Gavin Miller
Design team
James Kirk, Danusia Lewis, Chris Wood
Collaborators
Electrical Engineer: Sweco. Planning: Gerald Eve. Facade: Eckersley O'Callaghan
Structural engineer
Pell Frischmann
Lighting
Speirs and Major
‘Contemporary, calm and monastic’ | UK's best new timber home. Spruce House & Studio, designed by ao-ft, is the UK’s best new timber home, having won the top prize for the Private category at this year’s Wood Awards.
Written by
Timber Development UK (organisers of the Wood Awards)
Photography
Rory Gardiner
Architecture & Interior Design studio Palladian completed a meticulous refurbishment and extension of an original property in Kensington, London, built in the early 20th century referred to as the Tile House due to its factory origins.
Project name
The Tile House
Architecture firm
Palladian London
Location
London, United Kingdom
Photography
Tarry & Perry Photography
Principal architect
Palladian London
Design team
Faisal Ali, Hugo Lindsay-Fynn
Collaborators
Knektd AV, RHMB
Interior design
Palladian London
Environmental & MEP
Clarke Services Engineering
Lighting
London Lightworks
Material
The team used a lot of repurposed materials: timber, tiles
Typology
Residential › Townhouse
Renowned UK developer Knight Dragon, responsible for the iconic London destination Greenwich Peninsula, have just unveiled brand new apartments for sale at Parkview, the penultimate building in the Peninsula Gardens neighbourhood, comprising studios, one- and two-bedroom units, with prices starting from £417,500.
Photography
CGI of the sunset view from the Parkview building at Peninsula Gardens, Greenwich Peninsula (C) Knight Dragon
Bounce Battersea opened August 2023 with industrial yet playful design befitting its iconic, brutalist new home in South London. Sports hall brutalist architecture combines with the burgeoning sporting prowess of ping pong to inspire the latest Bounce venue at Battersea Power Station, designed by London-based designers, Shed.
Project name
Bounce Battersea
Location
Battersea Power Station, London, UK
Photography
Kris Humphreys Photography
Collaborators
Black Rabbit Branding
Structural engineer
Meinhardt
Environmental & MEP
Chapman, DDA
Construction
3 interior Contracts (3i)
Tools used
Vectorworks, Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects
Material
Concrete tiles, oak timber panelling, timber fretwork, smile plastics, domus tiles
Client
State of Play Hospitality
Typology
Sports Architecture
98-100 De Beauvoir Road continues the practice’s work in the adaptive reuse of existing buildings, likening the historic or age-value qualities of pre-existing structures to “objets trouvés” by balancing the need to conserve, express, reinvent or revive what is already there.
Project name
98-100 De Beauvoir Road
Architecture firm
Henley Halebrown
Location
Hackney, London, UK
Photography
David Grandorge, Nick Kane
Principal architect
Francesca Bailey, Neil Rogers
Design team
Gavin Hale-Brown, Simon Henley, Elina Dueker
Collaborators
Quantity Surveyor Castle-Davis (98 De Beauvoir Road), Richard Collis (100 De Beauvoir Road); Services Engineer: AJ Energy; Principal Designer: Quoin; Planning Consultant: CMA Planning; Approved Inspector: Building Control Approval Ltd; Party Wall Surveyor Hamiltons Chartered Surveyors; Suppliers & Sub-Contractors: Precast Concrete Stair & Columns: Amber Precast Group; Steelwork: Fleming Fabrications; Balustrades: Total Metals Works; External Timber Doors & Windows: JCK Joinery; External Metal Glazing: REA Metal Windows Ltd; EPDM Covering: AAC Waterproofing Ltd
Built area
Total NIA 1939 m²; Total GIA 2487 m²
Interior design
(office fit out) Sella Concept (100 De Beauvoir Road)
Civil engineer
Parmarbrook Limited
Structural engineer
Parmarbrook Limited
Construction
Sullivan Brothers Construction
Typology
Commercial › Office Building