May 2018

Development in Chiswick For the last several weeks we have been working on an interesting corner house in Chiswick. The property has remained untouched for many years and offers much potential. The proposed development includes the addition of a loft extension and second floor rear extension. Also the re-working of the first floor to create a[...]

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This week Shape Architecture has gained a number of planning permissions for a wide variety of projects.  We are very pleased to have be granted listed building consent to a grade 2 listed flat in Pont Street in Knightsbridge.  Here the brief was to rearrange a lower ground floor flat to create an improved and[...]

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Whilst Shape Architecture employ all types of design methodologies in designing a building, it is the section cutting through a structure that is favoured and used from the earliest design sketch onwards. Designing in this way allows us to explore the integration and the relationship of different levels of a building and most importantly how[...]

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Here the main feature is the staircase which is located at the rear of the property.  It sits in a glass walled cube which has horizontal timber slats wrapped around it at varying centres.  This creates a range of interesting shadows and natural light effects, whilst also helping to obscure from the view the buildings[...]

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New House in Brighton
House in Brighton New House in Brighton Working as architects in Brighton, Shape Architecture has prepared designs for a new house set at the bottom of a garden in Old Portslade.  The garden setting is largely characterised by a sloping site with the lowest part being at the bottom of the site.  Given this, the[...]

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