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DHaus brings “sense of openness” to Datum House with wall-to-wall skylight

November 12, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio DHaus has used a full-width skylight to draw light into this extension in north London, which is finished with a pared-back palette of pale brick, plaster and oak. Named Datum House, the existing Victorian maisonette in the Dartmouth Park Conversation Area has been opened up by DHaus at its lower ground-floor level and

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Jason Good Architecture tops London home with patinated copper “top hat”

November 10, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A roof of dark patinated copper distinguishes this house in Wimbledon Village, London, designed by local architecture studio Jason Good Architecture. Jason Good Architecture drew on the leafy neighbourhood’s combination of Arts and Crafts-style architecture and more modern houses for the two-bedroom dwelling, which replaces an existing 1980s cottage. “We aimed to design a house

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EBBA and Charlotte Taylor design London listening bar “dedicated to sound”

November 10, 2024 Clara Finnigan 0

Warm adaptive lighting, acoustic panelling and woodblock columns cocoon Space Talk, a listening bar in London designed by local architecture practice EBBA and designer Charlotte Taylor. The hi-fi bar, set on St John’s Street in the central neighbourhood of Clerkenwell, is divided into four distinct zones – each featuring a different curation of sound and

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London’s Cafe François is “reassuringly recognisable and intriguingly different”

November 5, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Wooden banquettes informed by New York City subway benches were paired with classic bentwood brasserie chairs at this French restaurant in London. Set within a brick-clad railway arch next to London’s Borough Market, Cafe François is the sister restaurant of Westminster’s Maison François. Designed by restaurateur François O’Neill and his team, the eatery serves a

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Martino Gamper unveils first London design retrospective

November 1, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Italian designer Martino Gamper has furnished an entire west London house with his eclectic designs for his exhibition Before, After and Beyond. The exhibition, which concluded on 26 October, took place at 11 Mansfield Street – a Georgian residential property in London’s Marylebone neighbourhood, owned by Swiss art collector Maja Hoffmann. Before, After and Beyond

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Original mid-century Chandigarh furniture exhibited in collector’s London townhouse

October 31, 2024 Tirthika Shah 0

Collector Rajan Bijlani has opened up his London residence for an exhibition featuring highlights from his 500-piece collection of furniture made for Le Corbusier’s master plan of Chandigarh in the 1950s and 60s. The Syncretic Voices exhibition, curated by Bijlani together with art advisers Michael Jefferson and Truls Blaasmo, features mid-century originals alongside contemporary pieces

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Tim Burton design exhibition explores work and mind of “unique director”

October 25, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Spooky puppets, original costumes and childhood drawings feature in The World of Tim Burton, an exhibition at London’s Design Museum charting 50 years of the American filmmaker’s work. Opening today, the exhibition of over 600 objects offers a glimpse into the mind of director and animator Burton, whose distinctively uncanny films include the 1990 Edward

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Emil Eve Architects uses mid-century colours in homey office for Drama Republic

October 22, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Distinct shades of green, orange and blue give character to this workplace, designed by Emil Eve Architects for the production company behind TV shows including the BBC’s Doctor Foster and Netflix’s One Day. Drama Republic gave Emil Eve the task of refurbishing its office in London’s Holborn. The redesign gives the company a more homey

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“Modest and pioneering” Hackney council housing wins 2024 Neave Brown Award

October 17, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

British architecture studio Al-Jawad Pike has won this year’s Neave Brown Award for Housing for Chowdury Walk, a council housing development in Hackney, London. Comprised of 11 terraced houses, seven of which are available for social rent, the development was built between two existing terraces on a plot that previously used as garages. The houses,

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London’s Elizabeth Line wins 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize

October 16, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Elizabeth Line in London designed by architecture studios Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building. Described as “a flawless, efficient, beautifully choreographed solution”, the Elizabeth Line is the largest expansion to London’s underground railway network for more than a century. The jury named

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