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ao-ft reconfigures garden wall into ground-floor extension
Barclay Corner is a 61m² rear and side extension to a ground-floor flat situated within a conservation area in Walthamstow, east London
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The AJ’s pick of recently completed houses and contemporary homes designed by architects
Nick Hill Architects brings cohesion to house reworked for artist couple
The design of this retrofitted 1930s building in Blackheath, south-east London, deliberately maintains an ambiguity between the existing and the new
Proctor & Shaw completes wraparound extension in Dulwich
The heavy overhang of the new roof takes its cues from Frank Lloyd Wright and is crisply detailed with a gutterless, serrated eave design
Satish Jassal completes bungalow on north London backland site
Satish Jassal Architects has completed a new-build single-storey house on a backland site in Haringey, north London
Fletcher Crane completes villa in Kingston Upon Thames
The new house, which backs on to Richmond Park, looks to evolve the villa typology, using a mix of patterned brickwork, window bays and double-height space
Alexander Hills Architects reconfigures Norfolk flint farmhouse
The practice has completed the first phase of retrofitting a traditional farmhouse in Norfolk with the addition of a contemporary zinc roof
Pensaer completes curved glass-cornered extension in East Dulwich
Pensaer’s extension of a ground-floor flat in south London creates glazed pockets of space connecting the interior to the garden
Will Gamble reworks Grade II-listed villa with Palm Springs-inspired extension
The design takes its cue from Desert Modernism, employing floor-to-ceiling glass, clean lines and natural materials, while looking to create a connection to the outdoors
Polysmiths completes flood-resilient basement home in London
Polysmiths has adapted a two-bedroom basement apartment in Tufnell Park, north London, into a flood-resilient home
Unagru reworks Edwardian house with ‘continuous loop of living space’
The project for the three-storey detached house in Teddington, London, includes a roof extension with dormer and the partial rebuilding of an existing rear extension