Topic
Climate-resilient design
Homes designed against overheating, flood and water stress.
Retrofit & deep renovation
Gale & Snowden Completes Deep Retrofit of Listed 1920s London Home
Gale & Snowden Architects completes an all-electric deep retrofit of a Grade II-listed 1920s London residence, combining borehole heat pumps, wood fibre insulation and Building Biology standards.
Retrofit & deep renovation · Cambridgeshire
Raydan Watkins Completes Deep Energy Retrofit of Victorian Cambridge Semi
A Blue Plaque Victorian semi-detached house in Newnham undergoes an internal fabric upgrade and solar installation, cutting electrical demand by more than half.
Replacement dwellings · Cornwall
Ian Chalk Architects Wins Approval for Perranporth Passivhaus
Cornwall Council approves a 535-square-metre replacement dwelling designed to generate 67 per cent more energy than it consumes on a cliff top at Droskyn Point.
Replacement dwellings · Surrey
Jonathan Tuckey Wins Approval for Chalk and Hempcrete Surrey Home
Jonathan Tuckey Design secures planning permission to replace a failing 1970s bungalow with an off-grid hempcrete and lime-clad residence.
Paragraph 84 country houses · East Sussex
McLean Quinlan Wins Approval for High Weald Furnace House
Wealden District Council grants planning permission for an isolated 455-square-metre country house inspired by historic Sussex iron furnaces.
Paragraph 84 country houses
Studio Bark Wins Paragraph 84 Approval for Water-Powered Breach House
A micro-hydro system, water tower and restored farmstead secure isolated countryside consent in the Midlands.
Conversions
Fieldwork Architects Converts Rural East Anglia Stables into Home
Fieldwork Architects completes a 280-square-metre conversion of agricultural stables in East Anglia, inserting elevated timber living volumes into an exposed steel frame.