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Project Orange refurbishes and extends 1970s Suffolk house
The house, within a conservation area in the historic village of Lavenham, uses vernacular details and materials to fit in contextually with the streetscape
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The AJ’s pick of recently completed houses and contemporary homes designed by architects
Wilkinson King designs ‘garden room’ flat annexe in south London
The pergola-fronted structure is designed for the client’s mother who moved from the north of England to live with her family in London
The Manser Practice refurbishes its own pioneering 1960s project
The Manser Practice has completed the refurbishment of Cliffhanger, one of the earliest steel-framed houses in Britain, which it originally completed in 1963
EBBA renovates Victorian terraced house with lightweight façade
The renovation of a terraced house in Camden, north London, uses white painted steel interventions to stitch in a series of sensitive additions
Tuckey Design Studio reimagines terrace house as urban retreat
This renovation of a three-storey, early Victorian terrace house in Knightsbridge, London, reimagines the existing configuration to create a series of intimate and calm spaces
Office S&M wraps Victorian house extension in pink pillow-shaped tiles
The practice has remodelled, upgraded and extended a north London house with features such as glazed tiles drawing on the clients’ love of municipal architecture
Quinn Architects adds second storey to 1970s mews house
The original structure has been extended and environmentally upgraded to create a home for a young family
Case study: Elemental House by Archmongers
Archmongers has remodelled a 1970s split-level house in Hackney, making each space more generous while enhancing energy efficiency. Photography by French+Tye and Jim Stephenson
Kirkland Fraser Moor builds ‘bungaroosh’ Paragraph 84 home
Kirkland Fraser Moor has completed a single-storey ‘country house clause’ home in rural Hertfordshire using waste brick
Fardaa extends one-bed London house into family home
A distinctive, compact house has been adapted, extended and environmentally upgraded for the architect’s own home