Architects in Brentford

Shape Architecture is a design led Chartered RIBA practice established in 2006.

We specialise in residential design and offer our clients a friendly, supportive, and flexible service. Our Director, Jason Wren has been in practice working throughout London for 26 years.

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Brentford 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 of 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: Grove Avenue Extensions, West London

This project transformed a standard semi-detached house in Grove Avenue in Ealing – which sat on a sloping site with long uninterrupted views towards parkland. This green setting and the nature of the sloping site provided the inspiration for the design proposals for which planning permission was granted at the first attempt. This was the generation of a proposal of a series of stepped greens sedum roofs that brought the landscape into the building. The stepped roofs also included a number of rooflights to flood the interior with daylight.

Click to link to our project in Grove Avenue, Ealing

This image shows an internal view taken in a kitchen of an extension project in Ealing

This image shows an extenal view in a back garden of an extension project in Ealing

Green roof with skylights overlooking a garden and city views in London extension project in Ealing

Case Study 02: Wraparound Extension in St Dionis Road, West London

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.

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Case Study 03: Rear Extension in Kempson Road, West London

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.

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Internal View of High End Extension in Fulham

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Case Study 04: Basement Extension in Ellerby Street 02, West London

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.

Click to link to our project in Ellerby Street 02

Case Study 05: Apartment Reworking at Cavaye House, West London

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.

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Case Study 06: Roof Terrace in Danehurst Road, West London

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.

Click to link to our project in Danehurst Road

Case Study 07: Garden Room at Acfold Road, West London

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.

Click to link to our project in Acfold Road

Case Study 08: Glazed Wraparound Extension at Winchendon Road, West London

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.

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Internal perspective render of living room

Internal render showing dining room and glazing connection

Glass and Transparency

Common to all our projects is the use of glass to bring natural light into all parts of a project and to provide a better visual and physical connection between the Interior and exterior. These vary from structural glass panels set into the floor to glass cubes housing stairs. Large scale glazed panels and rooflights feature in our projects.

Brentford Extensions

Brentford Extensions

We carry out house extensions of all types which all serve to transform a home. Light bright contemporary interiors are formed with excellent views onto gardens beyond. Very often the roof is a green sedum roof with an elegant rooflight set within. This helps the extension merge into the garden when viewed from floor levels above. We will design 3 or 4 options to discuss with our clients and all designs use 3D graphics to ensure clear communication.

Roof Terraces

Rooftop Terrace obtained through Planning Permission in Fulham West London

Brentford Roof Terraces

Shape Architecture has been successful in obtaining planning permission for roof terraces throughout London. These vary from those to Listed Buildings such as Florin Court, to a variety of Mews houses. Our portfolio of roof terrace projects also include those to a typical terraced house and in several instances the house is divided into flats and the provision of a roof terrace to the upper floor flat is even more beneficial.

Basements

Brentford Basement Extensions

Our basement projects form an important part of our portfolio of work. We have carried out over 30 basement projects throughout London. 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

Brentford Interior Design

We also have 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. Some projects we undertake are small and largely focussed on interior design such as the re-modelling of bathrooms or design of bookcases and storage.

Communication

Client Communication

Shape Architecture communicates clearly to our clients, and this is at 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 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. We are also able to provide animations of projects and model the movement of the sun through an interior.