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WFH is a breeze!

We’ve re-visited some previous garden studio projects to see how they’ve faired. Deep set window reveals, high levels of insulation, facades that peel back - working from home in summer is no sweat if the design basics are right.   

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Building

Rough Deluxe

ARCHITECTURE | PLANNING | REGENERATION

Some contexts can be pretty challenging to draw out a discernible sense of place or character... or so we thought. Building on the site's urban 'edge condition', this freedom to experiment allowed us to propose a industrial-esque mix of rough and refined, celebrating context in its gritty glory. 

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Interior

Homely Brutalism

Working in a fantastic 1970s brutalist ex-LA Islington flat with a client with a shared appreciation of modernism, we re-worked a tired layout and fittings. An exercise in tight space planning and updated modernism, a lot was achieved in a small space and modest budget. 

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Balconies enliven architecture!

Building

ARCHITECTURE | PLANNING | REGENERATION

So say we! We think that's because they bring a bit of the life of people to the facade of the building. And one thing we all love is people watching.  Check out a current project where this became a driver for the architecture here. 

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News

The Wood Shed

ARCHITECTURE | PLANNING | AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY

Going to site in 2020, Cole + Company successfully achieved planning consent working with Fluid Planning for a replacement structure in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty near Sevenoaks.

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DALSTON PENTHOUSE

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ARCHITECTURE | PLANNING | RESIDENTIAL

Small but perfectly formed - we've been designing a small [45 sqm] penthouse, a vertical extension deploying light and views to create a sense of expansive space. 

INTERIOR | SMALL SPACE PLANNING | BRUTALISM

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yard life : hackney wick

LONDON | ARCHITECTURE | AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Pre-application proposals exploring the yard as a typology were presented to the London Legacy Development Corporation for a residential and co-working space. 

Social Housing Re-work: Simple but key ideas in light and space in the radical transformation of a social housing block. 

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