July 2023
Creation of a contemporary Flat in Peckham Shape Architecture has recently started work on the transformation of an above shop flat in Peckham. The brief calls for the creation of a distinctive contemporary open plan flat to be created from what is a fairly standard arrangement of small rooms. Our work includes the design of[...]
Green Roofs Case Study 03 Our third green roof case study is to the recently completed community centre in Colchester. This project is for a local charity and brings together a number of their functions under one roof. The site is a prominent corner location and had previously been an indoor market and butchers. Several[...]
Green Roofs Case Study 02 Our second green roof case study is a residential side infill extension. Here at Rugby Road in Brighton a side infill extension serves to transform a space initially comprised of several small rooms. It does so with the introduction of several key features. These are the introduction of a large[...]
Green Roofs Case Study 01 Our first green roof case study is a brown roof. The brown roof is a rubble roof to our EcoShed 02 for the Hammersmith Community Garden Association our Ecoshed 01 for this charity having had a green sedum roof. As the brief was to create a demonstrably sustainable building in[...]
Green Roofs Shape Architecture has been designing buildings with green roofs for over sixteen years and our director for a further ten years before that. Our experience is broad and has witnessed the development of green roof technology. Over time it has been applied to a variety of building types and scale ranging from green[...]
Roof Terrace Case Study 03 Our third roof terrace is in Fulham in Danehurst Road and has recently been completed. It is of interest as it adds a roof terrace to a standard terraced house and extends an upper-level flat which previously had no access to garden space. It is not dissimilar to one of[...]
Roof Terrace Case Study 02 Our second roof terrace is of interest as it features and elegant glazed way to access the roof. Located in the Holland Park area of London, Shape Architecture was commissioned to re-work the whole of an eighties town house including a rear glazed cube extension. The use of glass and[...]
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