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Robin Nicholas
Creation of a contemporary Flat in Peckham Shape Architecture has recently started work on the transformation of an above shop flat in Peckham. The brief calls for the creation of a distinctive contemporary open plan flat to be created from what is a fairly standard arrangement of small rooms. Our work includes the design of[...]
Green Roofs Case Study 03 Our third green roof case study is to the recently completed community centre in Colchester. This project is for a local charity and brings together a number of their functions under one roof. The site is a prominent corner location and had previously been an indoor market and butchers. Several[...]
Green Roofs Case Study 02 Our second green roof case study is a residential side infill extension. Here at Rugby Road in Brighton a side infill extension serves to transform a space initially comprised of several small rooms. It does so with the introduction of several key features. These are the introduction of a large[...]
Green Roofs Case Study 01 Our first green roof case study is a brown roof. The brown roof is a rubble roof to our EcoShed 02 for the Hammersmith Community Garden Association our Ecoshed 01 for this charity having had a green sedum roof. As the brief was to create a demonstrably sustainable building in[...]
Green Roofs Shape Architecture has been designing buildings with green roofs for over sixteen years and our director for a further ten years before that. Our experience is broad and has witnessed the development of green roof technology. Over time it has been applied to a variety of building types and scale ranging from green[...]
Roof Terrace Case Study 03 Our third roof terrace is in Fulham in Danehurst Road and has recently been completed. It is of interest as it adds a roof terrace to a standard terraced house and extends an upper-level flat which previously had no access to garden space. It is not dissimilar to one of[...]
Roof Terrace Case Study 02 Our second roof terrace is of interest as it features and elegant glazed way to access the roof. Located in the Holland Park area of London, Shape Architecture was commissioned to re-work the whole of an eighties town house including a rear glazed cube extension. The use of glass and[...]
Roof Terrace Case Study 01Roof Terrace Architects Our first roof terrace Case study is our largest to date. Florin Court is a Grade 2 listed Art Deco apartment building in Charterhouse Square in London. The project is instructive as roof terrace design has a number of sensitivities to address and it is important to follow[...]
Roof Terrace Design A significant part of our portfolio of work at Shape Architecture is the creation of roof terraces which we have been designing for over fifteen years. Our portfolio of roof terrace projects is diverse both in size and building type. Our first roof terrace project was fifteen years ago at Strathblaine Road[...]
Basement Extension Case Study 03 This is the ‘one that got away’. A below garden basement extension to a prominent Grade 2 listed building, which Shape Architecture gained planning permission for in Windsor. Sadly our Client decided not to build. It remains one of our favourite basement projects though, both because of gaining permission to[...]
Basement Extension Case Study 02 Our second basement case study is located in Cheslea in Redesdale Street. Here the project is for a new basement extension under the whole house with lightwell to the rear and a re-working of the ground floor to include a side infill extension. A key feature is the basement media[...]
Basement Extension Case Study 01 Our first basement extension case study is in Hammersmith. Here the ground floor was remodelled and a basement extension with front and rear lightwells was added. The basement displays a feeling of openness and light and is well integrated with the ground floor. All key issues. The basement stair is[...]
Basement Extension Architects As we near a start on site with our basement extension in Fulham at St. Maur Road, we have decided to look at three basement case studies in much the same way as we have just looked at Glass and Transparency in our work. Our portfolio of basement work runs to over[...]
Glass and Transparency Case Study 03 As our third case study in our Glass and Transparency series we look at how glass is used in the design of basement lightwells as an interface between the interior and the garden beyond. We have chosen one of our first basement projects in Fulham in Ellerby Street to[...]
Glass and Transparency Case Study 02 As a second case study in our Glass and Transparency series we look at the Glass cube we designed at our Hurlingham Road basement extension in Fulham. This is of interest as it illustrates the impact that a completely glass enclosure can have on the interior and as a[...]
Glass and Transparency Case Study 01 As a part of our series of blog items on the use of glass and transparency in architecture and our work with glass at Shape Architecture, we are looking at three projects this week which demonstrate the use of a glass in a variety of ways. The first is[...]
Glass and Transparency The use of glass in architectural design has evolved over the years, influencing the way buildings interact with their surroundings and creating visually stunning structures that connect people with the outside world. Transparency in architecture is not solely limited to the physical characteristics of glass. It encompasses the ability to create a[...]
Brighton Planning Permissions Working as architects in Brighton, Shape Architecture has just obtained planning permission for three interesting residential projects in Brighton that will serve to transform each property. The first is a re-working of a large house in Pembroke Crescent located in a Conservation Area. The second is in St Leonards Avenue near to[...]
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