We provided our Architecture services for this international project based in Siheung, South Korea. 

The building operates as a Shabu-Shabu restaurant, serving food which is sourced from a local family farm. The buildings are finished in varying forms of exposed concrete to reflect the different use of the building inside. 

The water well was further incorporated into the functionality, where it is used to provide water throughout the building, as well as irrigation for the restaurants micro-farm on site.

The Clients grew up near the site and recall their family using the natural well during their childhood. After spending most of their working lives in Seoul their dream was to move back and create a restaurant which provided the local community with home grown produce.

Historically, the natural water well was used by the locals and served as a central meeting point for the community, but became disused once running water was provided in years past.

With this in mind, our design approach was to re-establish the well by using it as an aesthetic cue, and also to incorporate it in a practical sense.

The building is formed with three masses. The masses are positioned carefully into the landscape and within the retaining walls which frames the sites sloping topography.  

The lower volume in closest proximity to the water well, is a glass transparent lightweight box, which conveys water. The two solid concrete volumes take vessel like forms. The first one provides the ‘serviced area’ and is finished in timber board exposed concrete. This volume is where customers are served, with the seating, dining area and lounge. The other solid concrete form is the ‘service area’ which is purposely finished in traditional exposed concrete formwork to differentiate itself from the other volumes. This space is where the kitchen, plant, WC, storage areas, and services are positioned.     

To highlight the water well, a connection was formed from the existing well, which brings the water through to a viewable chamber now located in the external terrace, under the 4.7m long cantilever. An exposed trench which is positioned at the foot of the retaining walls, shows this diversion of water to the chamber. This also acts as a water store which is used to transfer the water back through the building. 

Engineer: Dongyang Consulting Engineers

Photographs: Byungchul Jeon

This recently completed family home is a Grade II listed building in Holland Park, London W11. The works involved a full house renovation, measuring 3,615sq.ft, of the 6-storey property which was in need of updating to suit more modern living.

With the building being listed, approval from the local planning department was required for the internal works. This was not only applicable to the reconfiguration of room layouts, but also relevant to any other design changes that could potentially change the character of this historic building. 

The main aspect of the project was to ‘open up’ the raised ground floor and provide access to the rear garden, by linking the kitchen, dining and living areas.

Elsewhere a sympathetic refurbishment was carried across all floors. Hardwood flooring was installed from basement to 1st floor level, with carpet thereafter. The original stone staircase was restored where damaged, and was finished with a stair runner. 

A number or bespoke carpentry items were designed which included a mirrored oak wardrobe to the master bedroom, wine cellar, kitchen, study and library units.

Project carried out in collaboration with Miio Design.

Photograhps by Matt Clayton.

Masterplan design submittal to bridge the city council and the old town with 'Garden' in central Seoul.

The existing property was arranged as a number of flats, and the works involved converting the building into a family home in Bernard Gardens, Wimbledon SW19. We carried out a complete full house refurbishment with the addition of a ground floor side, rear, and loft extension. 

This development involved the construction of a new basement under an existing mews house near Hyde Park, Queens Gate Mews SW7. In addition a full house renovation was carried out which included amending the floor levels, a feature glass staircase, with access onto a landscaped roof terrace.

Full house refurbishment of a property in Stevenage Road, located within the alphabet streets in Fulham. The works involved the addition of a basement, ground floor side rear, and loft extension. This increased the size of the property to approx 4500sq.ft. 

This project was carried out in Yangpyeong, South Korea. These pods were designed in for the Client who runs a leisure holiday park.

The works involved a full house refurbishment and the addition of a ground floor rear and loft extension. The house was stripped back to 'brickwork' with new high quality finishes throughout. Completed in the South Park Gardens area in Wimbledon SW19. Completed in the South Park Gardens area in Wimbledon SW19. 

We are currently designing a house in Ireland which is located on a family farm, in Largonboy in County Mayo. The site has a typical stone family house and 'cow shed' positioned on it which dates back 250+ years. Our intention is to position the new house hidden behind the existing buildings, with the new house accessed by walking through the existing 'cow shed'. Our initial design has taken an aesthetic cue from the internal layout of the existing cow shed which had a number of bays for the cows, separated by small concrete thin walls. These are referenced in the thin evenly divided columns of the new concrete house.  

Full house refurbishment and the addition of a ground floor rear and loft extension. The main aspect of the project was reducing the Ground floor level to by approx 600mm in order to achieve a finished floor to ceiling height of close to 3m to the rear. Completed on Faraday Road by South Park Gardens in Wimbledon SW19. 

We delicately refurbished this historic building into 13 apartments and office space in 2006. A full restoration of the building was carried out.

Caxton Hall is a Grade II listed building in Westminster SW1, London, and was originally designed in 1878 by William Lee and F.J Smith in an ornate Francois I style using red brick and pink sandstone. 

It hosted many political and artistic events, and after WWII it became a popular register office used by high society and celebrities who required a civil marriage, with Elizabeth Taylor being one of many to have done so.

The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), part of the British Suffragette movement held a ‘Women's Parliament’ at Caxton Hall at the beginning of each parliamentary session from 1907.

During the Second World War it was used by the Ministry of Information as a venue for press conferences held by Winston Churchill and his ministers. This wartime role is marked by a commemorative plaque unveiled in 1991.

The registry office closed in 1979 and the building stood empty for years getting a place on the Buildings at Risk Register It was listed as a building of Special Architectural or Historic Interest on 15 March 1984.

The works involved the construction of 3 new penthouses on an existing building (Redcliffe Close) located on the Old Brompton Road, Earls Court SW5. 

A separate private lift was installed which services the 3 penthouses. A floor to ceiling glass facade was incorporated with a terrace area running the length of the building, offering panoramic views across London. 

New built private house in Seoul to encourage more physical interactions between family members by creating inbetween spaces.

We are proud to announce our 'Canvas For London' initiative!

This plan is to to allow Artists to be able to display their work across London on our project hoardings. The goal is to help bring to light young artists work in the public eye while turning mundane building hoardings into something beautiful. 

Our first Artist is Joshua Richardson who is an illustrator based in Hackney. Make sure to check out his work: here

Originally built at the turn of the 19th century, Ship House was refurbished in 2002 to create an interesting mix of office space and ten smart apartments with access from the rear where there is private parking for the residents. The building was located in Battersea Square SW11

This project included the construction of a new basement and refurbishment a period house in Redesdale Street, Chelsea SW3. A new basement was created in addition to the existing Lower Ground Floor with light achieved through light wells at the front and back of the property

The works involved the construction of a new build 3 bedroom house, formation of a new basement, and the refurbishment of the existing building on the plot to provide retail space at Ground floor level to a CAT A finish, off the Kings Road in Fulham SW6.

Full house refurbishment of a property in Favart Road, located beside Eel Brook Common in Fulham SW6. The works involved the addition of a basement, ground floor side rear, and loft extension.

This redevelopment was carried out in 2000 and involved the refurbishment of the Grade II listed, Old Westminster Library.

The works involved the restoration of many of the original features to create 15 flats and a restaurant on the lower ground floor. 

Unfortunately, we do not have hard copies of the original works. However should you be interested, we still have the original drawings, brochures, and presentation material in our archives. Please note the pictures shown are how the property currently appears.

it is now the home of the award winning restaurant 'The Cinnamon Club'.

We have long been admirers of Snedker Studios' Marbelous Floor. Pernille is the creator of Snedker Studio and she explores the process of adding striking colours to pinewood to create a bright, marbled floor, where every single board is different, but when put together provide a wonderful one of a kind floor

We were fortunate to have a project in Wimbledon where the Client wanted something striking and new in the loft space we created, so we got in touch with Pernille and she started the process of hand preparing each board. The rooms intended use was to display some artwork and a place of relaxation where we constructed a birch exposed plywood library unit in the eaves, with plywood cupboards and door fronts elsewhere.

This property involved the full refurbishment and renovation of a period property in Chiswick, including the structural and partition works, construction of a new part basement, dormer and loft, and ground floor side extension. the property wad located in Netheravon Road W4.

We are currently experimenting with the jointing of various types of wood, using the left over off cuts of wood on site. The hope is that we can create a board, jointed together, which we can then use to make a small furniture collection. 

In the pictures shown we jointed together 6/7 different types of materials and cut them into 1m by 300mm strips. 

Full house refurbishment of a property in Ellerby Street, located within the alphabet streets in Fulham SW6. The works involved the addition of a basement, ground floor side rear, and loft extension.

We designed and constructed this EcoShed in Wimbledon SW19 for our Client who wanted us to create a garden sanctuary to use as a library and workshop. 

The video and pictures show the EcoShed at the time it was first constructed, to a year later. We can already see the Western Red Cedar beginning to age, and with the green roof in full blossom.