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Robin Nicholas
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[...]
Basement Lightwells Much of the success of our portfolio of basement extension projects has been derived from the design of the basement lightwell. Here the lightwell links the basement to the garden and fills the largest basement room with natural light and provides natural ventilation. The basement lightwell is also an opportunity to use glass[...]
Working as community architects Shape Architecture attended the soft opening of their recently completed community centre in Colchester organised by their Client Level Best. Located in a prominent corner site in the heart of Colchester, the building had undergone various commercial and residential functions over the years and had been poorly developed and added to[…]
Basement Architects Our recent blog described how our basement extension in Hove created a Duplex flat and transformed the property. A relatively small basement project but with a significant impact. Whilst this project has been on site on site we have been developing designs for a larger basement extension in Fulham. This project has planning[...]
Basement project in Hove to create a duplex flat Working as architects in Hove, Shape Architecture has completed its transformation of a single storey flat into a duplex in Third Avenue Hove. This project is a true transformation that sees the adaption of a below ground storage space into habitable accommodation and the linking of[...]
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