Imagining
We develop business plans, feasibility studies, strategies and master plans.
We identify opportunities.
We rethink spaces and places.
We imagine the way forward.
Performing Arts School
Our proposal for the extension to an existing Performing Arts School in West London
Hove House
Design for a contemporary family home near Brighton arranges the living accommodation around an existing swimming pool.
School of Architecture Aarhus
A campus of buildings and spaces collected under a single roof.
Wool Yard
A meanwhile mixed use proposal to help reinvigorate local economy and high street.
Stanhope Gardens
The substantial refurbishment of a Georgian Style end of terrace in West London.
The Architect Pitch
Seven architects and an expert panel provided plenty of entertainment and valuable advice on how to present but who was the panel’s favourite and which architect left them cold?
Nicer Tuesdays: Carl Turner on Home
Nicer Tuesdays is It’s Nice That’s monthly talks series bringing together four speakers to explore a particular theme.
Frame House in Detail
At the start we all had to agree to play nicely and never fall out if we worked together.
Home not House
We think of home as a stage where events take place and conjure up memories of childhood.
Container House
Built to coincide with the London Design Festival 2015 and exhibited outside the Building Centre
Pop Brixton
We re-used old shipping containers to create low-cost, low-energy, stackable studios, workshops, cafés and public spaces
Silvertown
Our proposal for a vacant plot in Silvertown, East London reimagines this site as an active live/work community hub
Four Principles
Legibility, flexibility, durability, affordability.
Pop Brixton – Container Delivery
Delivery of containers to POP Brixton by Carl Turner Architects on the 12th of December, 2014. London, Uk.
Thinking through making
I grew up in the North of England where the thought of getting someone in to fix something was almost unheard of.
Slip House in Details
Making good buildings requires more than good ideas. Read the detailed story of the Award-winning Slip House.
Small is Good
If there are any positives from the last recession one is the discovery of thrift, recycling, the temporary & the small.
Living Over the Shop
The idea of working at home is not a new one, but like so many apparently simple activities that were once commonplace.
Small Thought on Value
One of the lessons we learnt is that there is nothing to be gained from shying away from business or the idea of money.
Garden House
An empty garage plot site transformed into compact home for a young family.