Kingston University - Net Zero Carbon: Architecture and Landscape for Climate Emergency Summer
This week, Gile was invited to give a presentation in Kingston University at the Net Zero Carbon: Architecture and Landscape for Climate...
- Jul 18
Quarry House in Architecture Today
Our Quarry House was featured in this months Architecture Today magazine, as a part of the Schueco Excellence Awards, in which we were...
- Jul 4
Quarry House wins two Schüco Excellence Awards for Design and Innovation
Delighted to receive two awards for our Quarry House in this year’s Schüco Excellence Awards, run in conjunction with Architecture Today....
- May 27
Grand Designs Magazine - Scaffolding Board house
Our Scaffolding Board House is featured in this months Grand Design Magazine... https://www.granddesignsmagazine.com/renovate/extend/recy...
- Apr 27
Don’t Move, Improve! 2022
Delighted to be longlisted for this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! 2022 Awards. Our Scaffolding Board house is one of the schemes chosen by...
- Mar 2
Quarry House in RIBA Journal
Our Quarry House project was published in this month’s RIBA magazine, showcasing the Schueco glazing systems we used to meet the Passive...
- Feb 1
Progress on two retrofit domestic projects involving reused elements
Two projects are on site, which both explore reused and low embodied carbon materials in a different way. The first in Whitechapel is a...
- Jan 22
Progress in Rotherhithe new build
Photographs of construction on our Rotherhithe housing development. Six duplex apartments are taking shape this month using prefabricated...
- Nov 25, 2021
Scaffolding Board House photographs
Thanks to the wonderful Agnese Sanvito for her photos of our Scaffolding Board House. Repurposed scaffolding boards used as the main...
- Oct 25, 2021
Part 2 architectural assistant
We are looking for a Part 2 environmental architectural assistant with the following skill sets: RIBA Part 2 or equivalent qualification...
- Oct 13, 2021
Senior Fellowship of Higher Education Academy
Giles has been awarded a Senior fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. The SFEA is an advanced level of professional standing that...
- Apr 29, 2021
Planning Consent For New-build Dulwich House
We are very pleased to receive Planning Consent on this new build house in Dulwich London. Using a palette of brick, copper and slate,...
- Apr 28, 2021
Quarry House Progress
Tremendous progress in our Quarry House project with the landscaping really starting to take shape and the timber cladding, steel...
- Apr 1, 2021
Sound Studio Dia-grid in Construction
We are very excited to see the glulam diagrid structure take shape in our Leyton recording studio this week. We have been working closely...
- Mar 17, 2021
DogTooth House Published in Dwell Magazine
'Dogtooth Brickwork Makes a Narrow London Terrace House Stand Out While Blending In' writes Dwell Magazine's Iain Aitch. Full article here :
- Feb 14, 2021
Practical Completion on Highgate House
We are delighted to have got to Practical Completion on a project in Highgate involving a reconfiguration and extension of an existing...
- Dec 23, 2020
Merry Christmas
In keeping with tradition, here is this years Christmas cartoon with Santa Claus’ perspective on the year just passed. A merry Christmas...
- Dec 3, 2020
Planning Approval for Ridgemount
We are delighted that planning approval has been granted for our residential development in Guildford following a unanimous vote by the...
- Oct 5, 2020
Practical Completion on Ealing Apartments
Our Ealing project with Designer London Developments for the reconfiguration, and extension of an existing house into 9 units is nearing...
- Sep 22, 2020
CLT Installation
Cranes in place this week in Oxford this week to install the superstructure for a CLT house. We are quite excited with this as it is...
- Jul 9, 2020
Practical Completion at Isleworth
We are really excited to complete this project in Isleworth. A small but intricate house with new oak joinery elements juxtaposed against...
- Jun 2, 2020
Progress on Quarry House
Despite the lock-down, this project is powering on – lots of work happening at the moment in preparation for window installation and...
- Mar 31, 2020
Practical Completion at Bermondsey Houses
Just before the lockdown, we completed and photographed two new buid houses in Bermondsey. Built on an incredibly skinny site with...
- Mar 23, 2020
Thames House Revealed
First look at our Thames House project which was finally revealed as the scaffolding was removed last week. We are super excited to...
- Mar 19, 2020
Progress on Quarry House
Progress on our Quarry House project – with windows measured up, concrete complete and steel cladding just about to start. The dry-stone...
- Mar 19, 2020
Approval for Rotherhithe Apartment Development
Some good news in these strange times… On Monday this week, the Southwark Planning Committee voted unanimously in favour of our proposal...
- Feb 16, 2020
Site Start in Highgate
We are very excited to start this week on a new project on site for the refurbishment and extension of a property near Highgate. The...
- Feb 16, 2020
An Old / New Elevation in Isleworth
We have been working on a project by the Thames in Isleworth for the last few months. The project involved a substantial refurbishment...
- Feb 16, 2020
Quarry House Envelope Install
The pre-fabricated envelope of our Quarry House was installed this month. The twin wall panels, fabricated by DG timber solutions, and...
- Nov 29, 2019
Timber Frame on Quarry House
Glulam rafters going up this week in our Quarry House. Amazing how quickly these things go together when it is all prefabricated…
- Oct 24, 2019
Planning for Guildford Development Lodged
We have just lodged an application for a new build development near Guildford town centre . Located on a prominent ridge, the roof...
- Aug 6, 2019
Ticking Truss Barn in Premier Construction magazine
Always nice when the postman drops in a magazine with one of our projects in print! Full article on page 50 here : Premier Construction 27.2
- Jul 13, 2019
Tower Bridge Steel Frame
The steel frame is in place on our Tower bridge House, a complex geometry which benefited from a BIM model to make sure everything...
- Jul 11, 2019
Practical Completion on Dog Tooth House
All done! We are really pleased that this project is complete – time to take some proper photos… Good work by March Construction.
- Jun 22, 2019
Completion on Larch Extension
We recently completed a small extension in North London clad in larch with the SiOO:X treatment all supplied by @russwooduk. Good work by...
- Jun 11, 2019
Topping out on Thames House
We have topped out on our Thames House, with the elevator shaft reaching the final pour. Steelwork is arriving this month, after which we...
- Jun 5, 2019
Concrete Pour on Quarry House
Concrete pour galore in our Quarry House this morning. All concrete is 50% Ground granulated blast furnace slag – less embodied carbon...
- Apr 24, 2019
Glazed Fissure House – Don’t Move Improve Exhibition
Our Glazed fissure House was long-listed and exhibited in this years Don’t Move Improve 2019 exhibition. The exhibition showcases some of...
- Mar 13, 2019
Planning Granted for Rotherhithe Development
Two in one week! Our six unit scheme in Rotherhithe was granted planning approval by Southwark Council this week. We are hoping to...
- Mar 13, 2019
Planning Granted For 9 Units in Ealing
After a lengthy planning consideration period, our Ealing development has been granted permission. The scheme provides nine units as a...
- Mar 4, 2019
Planning Granted For Two Exceedingly Thin Houses
Planning has just been granted for the construction of two houses on a very thin site in Southwark. As with many of our sites, this one...
- Feb 20, 2019
First glimpse of Dog-tooth Brickwork
The wrapping came off the scaffolding this week on our Camberwell new build house. We really like the way the light catches the dog-tooth...
- Feb 20, 2019
Earthworks in Quarry House Project
Some major machinery on our Quarry House project which is a month on site. The existing quarry is being excavated in advance of the...
- Jan 22, 2019
Tower Bridge House Progress
Progress on our Tower Bridge House with the insitu concrete work coming out of the ground quickly. We had a group of Architectural...
- Dec 21, 2018
A-Zero Christmas Building tour
As is tradition in the studio, we went on a tour of London taking in some of our projects which are under construction, or completed in...
- Nov 27, 2018
Don’t Move Improve! 2019
Our project, Glazed Fissure House has been chosen to feature in this years Don’t Move, Improve! Awards 2019 – Find out more in the...
- Nov 11, 2018
Dog Tooth Brickwork
We have started on dog-tooth brickwork on our Camberwell house. Looking forward to seeing the scaffolding come down so we can see the...
- Oct 14, 2018
Ground Works on Tower Bridge House
Things starting to get exciting on our Tower Bridge House. The existing building has been demolished (all bricks salvaged for reuse in...
- Oct 10, 2018
Quarry House Out For Tender
Phase 01 of our Quarry House is our for tender this month. We hope to break ground before November…
- Sep 2, 2018
Design Development of Quarry House
Phase 01 tender for our Quarry House is out and we continue to work on the phase 02 detailed design including the internal glulam timber...