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Gastein Road in Fulham: A Comprehensive Remodel and Infill Extension Project
Uncategorized Aug 04, 2023
Gastein Road in Fulham: A Comprehensive Remodel and Infill Extension ProjectThis blog explores a project currently being worked on in the studio, based in Gastein Road, working as architects in Fulham. The client's vision is to breathe new life into the property by incorporating modern design elements while preserving its inherent charm. The proposed project[...]
Roof Terrace Extensions Shape Architecture is currently working on two similar maisonette rooftop terrace projects, one on Constantine Road in Hampstead, and the other on New Kings Road in Fulham. The addition of rooftop terraces presents a unique opportunity to enhance the liveability and value of these properties by utilising previously inaccessible space to create[...]
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[...]
Roof Terrace Case Study 01Roof Terrace Architects Our first roof terrace Case study is our largest to date. Florin Court is a Grade 2 listed Art Deco apartment building in Charterhouse Square in London. The project is instructive as roof terrace design has a number of sensitivities to address and it is important to follow[...]
Roof Terrace Design A significant part of our portfolio of work at Shape Architecture is the creation of roof terraces which we have been designing for over fifteen years. Our portfolio of roof terrace projects is diverse both in size and building type. Our first roof terrace project was fifteen years ago at Strathblaine Road[...]
Glass and Transparency Case Study 03 As our third case study in our Glass and Transparency series we look at how glass is used in the design of basement lightwells as an interface between the interior and the garden beyond. We have chosen one of our first basement projects in Fulham in Ellerby Street to[...]
Glass and Transparency Case Study 02 As a second case study in our Glass and Transparency series we look at the Glass cube we designed at our Hurlingham Road basement extension in Fulham. This is of interest as it illustrates the impact that a completely glass enclosure can have on the interior and as a[...]
Glass and Transparency Case Study 01 As a part of our series of blog items on the use of glass and transparency in architecture and our work with glass at Shape Architecture, we are looking at three projects this week which demonstrate the use of a glass in a variety of ways. The first is[...]
Brighton Planning Permissions Working as architects in Brighton, Shape Architecture has just obtained planning permission for three interesting residential projects in Brighton that will serve to transform each property. The first is a re-working of a large house in Pembroke Crescent located in a Conservation Area. The second is in St Leonards Avenue near to[...]
Working as community architects Shape Architecture attended the soft opening of their recently completed community centre in Colchester organised by their Client Level Best. Located in a prominent corner site in the heart of Colchester, the building had undergone various commercial and residential functions over the years and had been poorly developed and added to[…]
Sustainable Insulation Sustainable insulation should not contain harmful chemicals. It should be made from natural or recycled materials and should itself be recyclable. By way of an example Sheep’s wool is an excellent and well-established natural insulation and Newspaper is an excellent and well-established recycled insulation. Below we set out a range of sustainable insulation[...]
Feature Stairs to a Basement Extension Our Fulham basement extension in St Maur Road has planning permission and we are now finalising the technical drawings set prior to going out to tender. This period of the project looks at every part of the building design and involves us working closely with other consultants, such as[...]
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