The AJ’s pick of recently completed houses and contemporary homes designed by architects
The practice has transformed a two-storey 1950s house in south-east London to reinstate the scale and silhouette of the bomb-destroyed home it replaced, writes Ellie Duffy. Photography Jack Hobhouse
This large family home on the South Downs replaces a 19th-century cottage with a church‑like structure built to last at least 500 years, writes Rob Wilson. Photography Brotherton-Lock
The south Devon holiday house for Living Architecture combines monolithic rammed concrete with an unexpected warmth, writes Rob Wilson. Film Jim Stephenson, photography Hélène Binet
This Passivhaus-standard collection of terraced streets in Norwich is the first council housing project ever to be shortlisted for the Stirling, says George Kafka. Film and photography Jim Stephenson
Matthew Barnett Howland, Dido Milne and Oliver Wilton’s building shows how a personal bespoke venture can redefine the aesthetics of sustainable design, writes Hattie Hartman. Film and photography by Jim Stephenson
The 314m² private house was externally detailed with the support of Takero Shimazaki Architects and takes a fabric-first approach
The renovation and extension of a seaside home on Scotland’s west coast combines traditional vernacular form with local craftsmanship to create a distinctive and striking retrofit, writes Fran Williams. Photography by Fred Howarth
Emerging practice KAST Architects has completed a five-bedroom family home on the edge of the village of Feock in Cornwall
The 180m² project features an oriel window which sits in dialogue with a third-floor reading pod
London-based Beasley Dickson Architects co-opted a lean-to annexe and service yard to amplify its two-storey family holiday home in the coastal town of Deal
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