Architects in Hammersmith
Shape Architecture is a design led Chartered RIBA practice working in Hammersmith since 2006.
We specialise in residential projects and offer our clients a friendly, supportive, and flexible service. Our Director, Jason Wren has been in practice in the borough for 26 years.
If you would like to discuss a potential project please feel free to contact us at 020 3770 6360 or london@shapearchitecture.co.uk
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Hammersmith Architects
Our practice undertakes projects of all sizes, big or small across the Residential Sector. Each project is a response to the site, brief and budget and is underscored by our creative thinking and over 20 years of experience in designing sustainable buildings.
Our fees are a Fixed Lump Sum and are further broken down into each RIBA work stage for further clarity.
Our Services
Shape Architecture is happy to tailor its services to suit our clients’ requirements. We also offer additional services such as interior, bespoke furniture and garden design. A full service would see us taking the brief and surveying the property through to completion on site and dealing with the final account.
Case Study 01: Beauclerc Road Basement Extension in Hammersmith
Our project in Beauclerc Road sees the creation of a basement extension with associated light wells and the re-work of the Ground floor. The success of the basement is in large part due to light and airy feel created. An elegant stair, wide corridor and glazed screens help create this feel.
“Couldn’t have got our project done without Shape. Jason provided sound advice, worked efficiently and to agreed timelines, and ultimately designed us a new space in our house which we absolutely love!”
-Duncan Brown, Client
Case Study 02: Garden Studio in Hammersmith
Planning permission granted for a unique garden studio with a fully enclosed glazed link back to the property.
“Working with Jason was a pleasure. He helped us through the whole planning process. He was always responsive and came up with solutions to all the hurdles thrown at us. I can’t imagine how we would have coped without his help and expertise.”
Mr M White
If you are considering a Garden Studio or other extension projects in Hammersmith, please feel free to contact us at london@shapearchitecture.co.uk. We would be happy to discuss this with you.
Case Study 03: Wraparound Extension in St Dionis Road, Hammersmith and Fulham
Our project in St Dionis Road in Fulham involves the modernisation of a house to create a light bright and contemporary home. An extensive glass rooflight is used to flood the interior with light at Ground Floor. Full width glazed doors open up onto the small rear garden also designed by Shape Architecture. At the upper level the conversion of the loft and addition of a pod room add further accommodation. At first floor level a Master bedroom with en-suite and walk-in-wardrobe is added.
Case Study 04: Rear Extension in Kempson Road, Hammersmith and Fulham
Our project in Kempson Road combines the enlargement of a lower ground floor with a rear ground floor extension to create a more practical and light-filled home. Careful attention was given to the sensitive nature of the two-storey side return extension, as the property is stepped up from its neighbours. Planning permission was secured at the first attempt, and the resulting design enhances the flow of the house, adds valuable space, and strengthens the connection between the interior and garden.
Case Study 05: Basement Extension in Ellerby Street 02, Hammersmith and Fulham
This Fulham project focuses on creating space and light through a striking basement stair design. Positioned beneath a large rooflight, the stair floods the basement with natural light and supports natural ventilation. Its placement also allows the front study to enjoy views across the stair void towards the garden, enhancing the sense of openness. Designed in collaboration with the site joiner, the stair is both elegant and functional. A secondary stair leading from the rear lightwell to the garden features a patterned glass platform, adding another refined detail to this light-filled home.
Case Study 06: Apartment Reworking at Cavaye House, Hammersmith and Fulham
At Cavaye House, we transformed a duplex flat through extensions at both levels and a complete reworking of the interior. The result is a bright and contemporary home with new bathrooms, a walk-in wardrobe master en-suite, and bespoke furniture throughout. A refined palette of materials and colours enhances the sense of space and light, creating an elegant and cohesive interior.
Case Study 07: Roof Terrace in Danehurst Road, Hammersmith and Fulham
This Fulham project transformed the top floor of a terraced house by adding a roof terrace, providing much-needed outdoor space for an upper floor flat with no garden. Alongside the terrace, a dormer was added to the converted loft to create an en-suite. The design carefully balanced planning sensitivities such as overlooking, noise, and detailing of the terrace enclosure, resulting in a contemporary and valuable addition to the home.
Case Study 08: Garden Room at Acfold Road, Hammersmith and Fulham
This Fulham garden studio at Acfold Road transforms an existing structure by retaining several walls while replacing the floor and roof with a highly insulated construction. New rooflights, glazed panels, and doors flood the space with daylight and connect it to the garden. Careful brick detailing enhances the design, resulting in a contemporary and efficient small structure that adds both practicality and character to the property.
Case Study 09: Glazed Wraparound Extension at Winchendon Road, Hammersmith and Fulham
This wrap around extension at Winchendon Road serves to totally transform a ground floor flat. Contemporary and light filled, the extension creates a spacious kitchen and living space with excellent physical and visual connection with the garden. The material treatment of the roof is of interest, as where we often use green sedum roofs with rooflights set within, this approach sees a glazed roof providing a strong feeling of space and openness and flooding the interior with natural light. As soon as you enter the space you are very aware of the garden and sky and the play of light and shadow. The plan layout is now simpler and the connection between the interior and garden is much improved. A further bathroom and utility space are also added to the existing small basement.
Case Study 10: Side Return Extension and Whole House Redesign, Hammersmith and Fulham
Our side infill extension in Gastein Road has transformed the property, alongside interior refurbishment and a new upper level bathroom. The project makes creative use of glass through rooflights, glazed screens, and doors to the garden, producing a light-filled and contemporary home.
Glass and Transparency
Glass and Transparency.
Common to all our projects is the use of glass to bring natural light into all parts of a building and to provide a better visual and physical connection between the Interior and exterior. These vary from structural glass panels to glass cubes such as at Hurlingham Road basement and much else in between.
“Shape Architecture have successfully met the criteria laid down in a number of ways including the creation of an interior that works around the principles of transparency, openness and light. Their attention to detail was exemplary.”
– Mr. P Gillies , Transformation of Listed Apartment
Basements
Hammersmith Basement Extensions
Our Hammersmith and Fulham basement projects form an important part of our portfolio of work. We have carried out over 30 basement projects throughout London, 15 of which are in Hammersmith and Fulham, where our very first project was undertaken. Our basement extensions range from those to mews properties, to houses and below gardens and flats.
A successful basement extension rests on the bringing in of natural light into the interior, which is key in creating a quality of space and this is where we have much experience. Added to this is the design of the stair which might be sat below a glazed section of roof. Thereafter the arrangement of rooms and their relationship with lightwells is important to consider.
Interior Design
Hammersmith Interior Design
Shape Architecture has extensive experience in Interior Design and bespoke furniture design which we bring to all our projects. We are experienced in interior lighting design and are happy to advise on all aspects of the use of colour.
See our bespoke furniture and bathroom design at Cavaye House in Hammersmith
“Jason and the team helped us design our dream home in London and where always at hand to help and hear our ideas to get the outcome we desired. We appreciated how willing they where to adapt and the good contacts they had with the planners and builders. Thanks!”
-Ivan Dexeus
Communication
Client Communication
We communicate clearly to our clients, and this is the foundation for a successful project. All designs, no matter what size, are developed in 3D alongside freehand drawing. A typical concept proposals brochure will have 4 or 5 different options described in 3D, 2D and freehand drawings and this will be the basis for discussion with the Client as we determine the preferred design.
Director and Founder
Our Director and Founder
Jason Wren RIBA, ARB, BA Hons, Dip Arch, Msc
I completed my architectural degrees at the University of Brighton, graduating in 1992. Following this, I also took a Master of Science Degree in Computer Visualisation at the University of Dundee in 1993.
For twelve years, I worked at a leading architectural practice in Hammersmith and Fulham rising to Associate Director Level and working on groundbreaking sustainable projects.
I established Shape Architecture in 2006, to focus on a high-quality design led approach to residential projects throughout London. Informed by expertise in sustainable design and a wide range of methods of construction. I now have over 26 years’ worth of experience of working on residential projects of all types and size throughout Fulham and London.
Outside of practice life, I enjoy painting, drawing, and walking often accompanied by Sid, our Fox Terrier.
Contact Us
Chester House
81-83 Fulham High Street
Fulham
London
SW6 3JA
Phone: +44 (0) 203 7706360
Email: london@shapearchitecture.co.uk
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