Falsterbo House has been published by The Architects' Journal in RetroFirst, its campaign for reuse over demolition. Of the seven houses on one street at Alnmouth, six were by the same architect, and this is the last one intact. Demolition was never once discussed. Read on for how a cold 1960s house is being taken to an A rating without losing what made it worth keeping.
Read MorePart of travelling as a studio is looking beyond architecture and questioning what we think we know. In Bregenz, Austria, we visited Cyprien Gaillard’s When you expect flutes, it’s whistles. This was an exhibition that made us look again at public space, exclusion and the systems shaping everyday urban life. It also made us realise we should make more room for things we would normally pass by. Especially things that challenge our thinking.
Read MoreWe’ve been working on a new home for a family in Mid Sussex, north of Brighton. At the heart of the woodland stands an ancient oak, already growing when the American Constitution was being written. Everything that followed began there. This journal traces what we discovered, and how the House of Solitude sits alongside other current work across the South Coast, each shaped by a different place, context and story.
Read MoreWhat Paragraph 84 really means, why it matters, and how exceptional homes in the countryside can emerge through rigour, landscape sensitivity, and a design process that turns difficulty into architectural opportunity. Jump in for 20 years of experience and an in depth guide to get you to where you want to be.
Read MoreHow do you give a home real mass, the kind that makes you feel safe on an exposed coastal site, built to take on gale-force winds with indifference, and then just make it appear to float effortlessly? The answer is in the details. Castle High follows the idea through structure and junctions. Tectonics carries the meaning of this carefully crafted home on the edge of Wales. A magical place of wildness where the impossible begins to feel normal. Jump in to find out more.
Read MoreKristian Hyde returned to the Welsh School of Architecture as a final reviewer for Shibu Raman’s Liveable Urbanism studio. The students spent the year studying Somnath, Gujarat, on the west coast of India, asking how a temple town on a fragile coast might become more liveable. For our studio, teaching remains closely connected to practice. It sharpens how we listen, how we grow as architects, and how we turn research into a meaningful architectural response.
Read MoreSpring is here and several UK projects are progressing in parallel; our attention has turned to a verdant site near Dover on the Kent coast. Through site modelling and sectional studies, we’re exploring how the house can be anchored to this remarkable place. The concept is emerging from the slope itself, so that parts of the home are grounded with certainty while others appear almost suspended, reaching towards infinity.
Read MoreWe are very pleased to see Falsterbo House now starting on site along the Northumberland coast. It is always a special moment when the work of drawings and careful decisions begins to translate into making. Seeing the ground broken and the first slab pour underway marks the beginning of a new chapter for this remarkable mid-century home.
Read MoreIt was great to see Edge House featured in the Financial Times, with the piece now live online and in print. The article looks closely at the material choices made to endure this exposed coastline, and it also captures the lived experience of the home. We were pleased to see our client describe it as a vessel of light and long views. A forever home.
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