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Net zero & all-electric
Net zero carbon and all-electric homes.
New-build homes · Greater London
Wadhal Completes Sculpted Infill Home Beside 1930s Ruislip Semi
A tight brownfield plot once occupied by lock-up garages now hosts an inventive suburban home finished in red quarry tile, Douglas fir and extruded brick.
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.
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.
New-build homes · Greater London
GPAD Secures Approval for Sculpted Infill House in New Cross
Lewisham Council grants delegated planning permission for a three-storey, fabric-first home on an awkward corner plot along Amersham Road.
Extend & retrofit · Greater Manchester
Progress in Practice Retrofits 1930s Stretford Semi to EnerPHit
A modest suburban house in Greater Manchester achieves a 90 per cent heating reduction through hybrid insulation, airtight detailing and an all-electric overhaul.
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.
Extend & retrofit · Northumberland
Hyde + Hyde Upgrades 1960s Modernist House on Northumberland Coast
A deep retrofit of Falsterbo House targets an EPC uplift from F to A, wrapping a cold-bridged cantilevered concrete structure without altering finished floor levels.