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  • Grove Park house by O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has wooden lining and verdant views

    O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has created ash-lined living spaces with expansive windows inside a gardener’s home in Lewisham, southeast London. Grove Park is an end-of-terrace house that was originally built back in the 1980s. The wood-lined rooms that O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has created are on the home’s ground floor, which was extended by incorporating a small […] More

  • 2LG Studio enlivens Louisville Road house in London with bright hues

    In a colourful overhaul of this period house in Tooting, south London, 2LG Studio has added dusky pink walls, blue tilework and coral-orange cabinetry. Louisville Road house falls under the Heaver Estate conservation area – a series of period properties that were constructed between 1888 and 1910 in south London’s Balham and Tooting neighbourhoods. The […] More

  • Szczepaniak Astridge focuses London loft extension on timber bath

    Szczepaniak Astridge has added a rooftop extension to Leaf House, a terrace in south London for architectural photographer Edmund Sumner and writer Yuki Sumner. Designed to be a peaceful retreat, the loft extension contains the Sumners’ master bedroom and features a wooden bath positioned against a large window with views across London. “Leaf House was […] More

  • Daytrip completes eclectic offices for media company in Clerkenwell

    Mid-century homes in Palm Springs and vintage advertisements from the 1950s are just some of the things that design studio Daytrip drew upon to create the vibrant interiors of this central London office. The media office takes over three floors of a converted warehouse in Clerkenwell that was originally built back in the 18th century. […] More

  • JamesPlumb converts Victorian tannery into London HQ for PSLab

    Blocky concrete plinths dominate lighting brand PSLab’s London HQ, which local studio JamesPlumb has designed to evoke “quiet brutalism”. Tucked down a quiet side street in south London’s Bermondsey neighbourhood, PSLab’s HQ occupies a Victorian-era tannery – a place where animal hides are processed to produce leather. The lighting brand, which originally launched in Beirut, […] More

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    London apartment by Surman Weston features porthole and custom-made details

    A spinning porthole offers shifting views of living spaces inside this London apartment, which Surman Weston has finished with bespoke decor elements. The 54-square-metre apartment is set within Makepeace Mansions, a 1920s residential block in the Highgate neighbourhood with a mock-Tudor facade. In the past it had undergone a “piecemeal” renovation that left behind a […] More

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    Sustainable food and furniture features in zero-waste London restaurant Silo

    Mycelium pendant lamps dangle above recycled-plastic dining tables inside Silo, a zero-waste restaurant in east London designed by studio Nina+Co. Silo is set within The White Building, a creative hub in the Hackney Wick neighbourhood that contains studio space for artists and a craft brewery. The restaurant, which is headed up by chef Douglas McMaster, […] More

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    SODA creates contemporary MYO offices inside 1970s London building

    The gridded facade of this office in central London informed the arrangement of its interiors, where SODA has built a series of flexible workspaces that can be adjusted to suit different occupants. The 3,716-square-metre MYO offices take over the second and third floors of 123 Victoria Street, a mixed-use building that lies just a short […] More