Making
We take simple things and put them together in interesting ways.
We build, manage and deliver.
We get our hands dirty.
We make things happen.
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.
Lovage x Wallpaper* Juice Bar
A specially designed juice bar for Lovage and Ace Hotel exhibited as part of Wallpaper* Salone del Mobile in Milan
Rural
Increasingly we think the Green Belt in its present form isn’t working.
A House in Kensington
Transforming a run down mid-century terrace house into a contemporary home with a great roof terrace.
The Conceptual Detail
We don’t see buildings necessarily as a series of components ordered from catalogues.
At the Foot of the City
Suburbs literally means ‘at the foot of the city’– & beneath the concentration of wealth & power upon the Roman hills.
Collage
A love of the process of collage as a working method springs from our background as teachers.
Slip House
The building includes a number of innovative design features to make it as flexible as possible to allow the spaces to function both as living spaces and working spaces whenever possible.
Jack Spade Store
Every year the Royal Institute of British Architects selects a handful of cutting edge design studios to partner with stores on Regent Street for a series of large-scale installations.Jack Spade Store
We were paired with American men’s brand Jack Spade to design a temporary window installation
An ‘Urban’ Condition
Like many small practices, our studio has followed cheap space around central London for the last ten years or so.
Craft and Materiality
We built our early projects ourselves for a number of reasons.
Home from Home
Home From Home was a temporary installation at MUDE, a cultural and design centre in Lisbon, Portugal.
Design Council Offices
This project involved the reconfiguration of the Design Council’s offices located opposite the Royal Opera House
Magnificent Container
Small studio on Hackney City Farm in East London.