Mar Thoma Community Sports Centre Greenwich Community Project Shape Architecture was commissioned to develop an already planning approved scheme and complete its construction on site, alongside gaining a series of further planning permissions to develop the design. The scheme consists of a sports hall with associated café, changing rooms and other supporting accommodation. Adjacent to[...]

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Wessex School Maidenhead School Project The Wessex Primary School building provides a new focus, entrance and link between two existing schools, recently amalgamated.The several rooms that make up the building are arranged as elements on a stage and enlivened by the daily passage of pupils between the buildings. Between these sculptural forms, views of the[...]

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Ossington Road Notting Hill Private Residential | Basement Basement Vaults in Notting HillLocated in Ossington Road in Notting Hill this basement project focussed on the use of the existing impressive vaults. Given their geometry and feeling of weight we decided to design an elegant lightweight stair, which would be suspended from the vaults. This would[...]

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Southborough Lane Bromley Community Project Shape Architecture was recommended to the client by the contractor with whom we had recently completed the Anthony Roper Early Years building.The brief called for a striking building that would engage with the local community and through its architecture would be a prominent feature on a busy street. It should[...]

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GRA Greatness | Sevenoaks Community Project With an extensive range of experience in community projects across London and the South East, Shape Architecture was invited to design this community scheme in Greatness, near Sevenoaks.Situated on a prominent street corner, the brief called for a distinctive and interesting design that would act as a gateway landscape[...]

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Balmoral Close Seaford Private Residential | Extension Seaford ExtensionShape Architecture have been working on a full house refurbishment of a bungalow in Seaford, East Sussex. The scheme sees the transformation of the existing dwelling with single storey extensions on the ground floor and a loft extension. A key element of this scheme involves the intended[...]

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Battersea Apartments Battersea Larger Residential On a prominent corner site in Battersea the scheme incorporates shop, office and flats.A series of strong forms give the building a significant presence. These include the stair access to flats set within concrete fin walls fronted by glass and uplit at night and the Cor-Ten rear wall set against[...]

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Pavilion Road Worthing Private Residential | Refurbishment Worthing Architects Located on Pavilion Road in Worthing Shape Architecture has worked on a small internal refurbishment project.  The brief was to transform the existing bathrooms . Our client's desire for an elegant design solution guided our approach throughout. Working with the clients inspiration boards helped the selection[...]

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St Leonards Avenue Hove Private Residential Rear Extension in HoveThis project serves to change the principle spaces within the property with the addition of a rear extension. The proposal uses the established height to incorporate a raked glazed panel that will bring much daylight into the heart of the floor plan. As with all our[...]

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Sandgate Road Brighton Private Residential Side, Rear and First Floor Extensions in BrightonFollowing on from the success of our transformation of a terraced house in Rugby Road in Brighton, featured in the recent Royal Institute of Architects book ‘House Goals: Design with Architects Transform your Home’, we are working on a similar project nearby in[...]

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Courtyard Office Clapham Commercial| Home Office Shape Architecture was asked to look at designing a courtyard office in a tight back of house site for a developer client we often work with. The result is a striking and light filled space with a green sedum roof. A simple entrance through an existing garden wall gives[...]

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Valley Drive Brighton Private Residential Brighton Garden Studio This garden studio in Brighton is an interesting addition to our portfolio of such garden structures. Our first being Eco Shed 001 some sixteen years ago. Shape Architecture has been at the forefront of creative bespoke garden studio design for many years. The design addresses a key[...]

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Queens Terrace Windsor Private Residential | Basement | Listed Building This project is for a below garden basement extension and glazed breakfast room to a Grade 2 listed house by a prominent Victorian architect located opposite. Drawing on our experience of contemporary extensions to listed buildings and basement projects, we have been successful in obtaining[...]

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Barclay Cottages Brighton, near Preston Park Private Residential | Rear Extension Working as Brighton Architects we have a varied portfolio of private residential projects. Barclay Cottages, now granted planning permission, is an excellent addition to this portfolio.It’s a small project with a big heart. The addition of an extension with a green sedum roof and[...]

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Dartmoor Eco House Dartmoor Private Residential | Sustainable Project The Dartmoor Eco-House project is a design for an architecturally striking and sustainable family home set in the Dartmoor National Park.Part buried in the ground, the project employs traditional local materials of timber and stone in an elegant and simple contemporary design. A series of timber[...]

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Lawrence Road Hove Private Residential Roof and Ground Floor Extension in HoveThis project is interesting as it takes a fairly large house in Hove and illustrates how extensions and refurbishment can create a more considered, contemporary and light filled home, more suited to modern family life. The design sees the addition of a side infill[...]

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Fernhurst Close Brighton Private Residential | Extension Brighton wrap around extension This wrap around extension in Brighton features a green sedum roof and serves to transform the property. The composition in particular and the palette of materials have been carefully considered and the green sedum roof provides an elegant and attractive visual and sustainable asset.[...]

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Grand Crescent Rottingdean Private Residential | Rear Extension Working as Brighton Architects we undertake many projects in the nearby towns of Rottingdean, Peacehaven, Eastbourne and Hastings.These projects are typically private residential. They have also included buildings such as the Community Centre in Peacehaven. Here in Rottingdean we have worked with our Client on a newly[...]

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