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Building Centre, November 2020

The People's High Street Creative director Vanessa Norwood interviews A Small Studio to discuss how starting small with big ambitions can bring about positive change to our beleaguered town centres. ...

Dezeen, August 2020

Emerging architect of the year award We are delighted to have been selected by Dezeen as one of the 28 international practices long-listed for the ‘emerging architect of the year award’.https://www.dezeen.com/awards/2020/longlists/a-small-studio/

RIBA Journal, July 2020

Canopy House in Nairobi Undeniable bling mingles with the raw and simple at a comprehensively refurbished bungalow among the trees of upmarket Nairobi. https://www.ribaj.com/products/canopy-house-refurbished-bungalow-a-small-practice-nairobi-interiors

Grand Designs, September 2018

New tradition A stylish combination of geometric shapes creates an eye-catching scheme

Homes & Antiques, May 2018

Homes Mid-Century Minimal

Dwell, April 2018

Better Half A modest expansion is a major improvement for a Victorian 'half-house' in London https://www.dwell.com/article/two-doctors-on-honeymoon-come-home-to-a-kitchen-thats-double-in-size-f5e0bb33

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A pocket wall has been built using Umbra Bricks by

A pocket wall has been built using Umbra Bricks by Ibstock. This looks like a wall, but it is a fake column to hide the glazed sliding doors. Watch this space for the full picture 🙌🏼

#ibstock #umbra #refurbishment #dulwichestate #carpentry #a_small_studio #riba #architecture

The new refurbished space has been designed with o

The new refurbished space has been designed with oak thresholds that form a ring around every opening (floor, walls and ceilings). Here you can see how the threshold abuts the new joinery that will hide the family (and kids!) items… or display them!

#ibstock #umbra #refurbishment #dulwichestate #carpentry #a_small_studio #riba #architecture

A bespoke solid oak door slides between the new (r

A bespoke solid oak door slides between the new (refurbished) space and the original boot room. Recessed inset handles ensure the door can slide fully into its pocket to disappear.

#ibstock #umbra #refurbishment #dulwichestate #carpentry #A_Small_Studio #riba #architecture

Here’s a small preview of a project currently on

Here’s a small preview of a project currently on site in the Dulwich Estate. We’re completely refurbishing the lower ground floor but only gently renovating the rear elevation. Using these Umbra Sawtooth bricks from @ibstockbrick is a delight. Today’s sight visit gave us this surprise 🙌🏼
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#archidaily #ibstock #renovation #london🇬🇧 #interiordesign #renovation #architect #riba #a_small_studio #modernhomes #arquitectura

Congratulations to the 5 shortlists selected today

Congratulations to the 5 shortlists selected today for the Camden Highline Competition. It has been an honour to be part of the multidisciplinary and specialised team assembled by @ldadesign " whose core approach includes meaningful community engagement, co-design and co-production."

The proposal was ‘London’s Slowest Ten Minutes (Re-Wilding the Line)’. The design philosophy behind this proposal was to interconnect nature and humans and enhance their relationships.

As part of the competition pitch, we declared that "Nature in cities is in part a design choice. We can design cities for biological richness or poverty; the choice is ours. The challenge is to overthrow the apartheid of areas for people and for nature, and to design and manage for both…."

As a collaboration, we would have been designing this project with
@wemakegood
@buro_happold
Professor James Hitchmough, @sarahpricelandscapes
Tomato
@localworkstudio @connectedplacescatapult
NRP
BSG Ecology
Professor Nick Tyler

We are disappointed not to be shortlisted but want to congratulate the great five proposals that have made it through to the second round. Look forward to seeing the next stage of results!

#design #community #sustainability #landscapearchitecture #highline #camden #slow #co-design

We are only three people in the studio, but throug

We are only three people in the studio, but through fostering a culture of collaboration, we can be working as a team of five or fifteen.

To be longlisted ’emerging architect of the year’ by @dezeen is an incredible opportunity for us to recognise the brilliantness of our collaborators. We couldn’t be where we are as a studio without them. We wanted to share with you some of the special professionals, with charming smiles, that are behind A Small Studio’s work.

Former students and work experience
Georgia Good @gooodlandscape
Rebeca Balfour @rebecca.balfour
Alice Kim @___161.8_km
Maciej Kanarkowski @mjkanarkowski

Contractors
Daniel Cano & Julian Ospina, Colombia @canospinaing
Aziz Bouguerne, UK - Apace Construction
Patrick Daly, UK - Apace Construction
John Dima – Apace, UK Construction
Ted Muriuki, Kenya- Atlantis Construction @tedmuriuki

Artists
Harry Bix @eastangliarecords
Lucy Bainbridge @lbainbridgeprint

Project Collaborators
Edd Wall, Project Studio @eddwall @landscape_greenwich
Charlotte Ashworth, BID @stationtostationbid

Structural Engineers
Mohsin Noorani - Manor Consultants
Charlie Watts @blueengineering

Printers
Loli Toronjo-Hussain - The Copyshop
Paul Richards - The Copyshop

Bathroom and kitchen suppliers
Mark and Andrew Cole @claphamparkbathrooms
Paul Mash - Homecraft Kitchens

Photographers
Rachael Smith @rachaels1
Jim Stephenson @clickclickjim

Surface suppliers
Mark Ayliffe and Andrea Luckett @edinburghuniversity markayliffe_solus @solusceramics
Leandro Mega @uniquestonesurfaces

Research collaborators
Sole Garcia Ferrari, The University of Edinburgh @edinburghuniversity @sgferrar (Twitter)
Harry Smith, The Urban Institute of Heriot Watt University @HWU_TUI @harrycsmith1 (Twitter)

#dezeenawards #architecture #structuralengineer #contractor #artist #academic #landscapearchitect #research #bathroomsupply #kitchensupply #photographer #theurbaninstitute #HeriotWatt #UniversityofEdinburgh #workexperience #students

The emerging architect of the year award by @dezee

The emerging architect of the year award by @dezeen celebrates ‘all-round design excellence over a body of work by an architect or architecture practice that has been in business for ten years or less’.

We are so honoured to have been longlisted and wanted to show some highlights of the last ten years that showcases how our work bridges architecture, landscape, research and planning:

1. A new-build studio and observatory was our first overseas new build commission, completed in 2010

2. We completed our first loft conversion in 2016

3. We designed a bird watching observatory for a design competition in 2017

4. A ground floor extension in a Victorian half House was completed in 2017

5. A question of urban innovation was a research collaboration, between 2017 and 2019, with academic and non-academic institutions in Brazil, Colombia and the UK

6. We played with a 1930’s house, extending and renovating its ground floor for a big family in 2018.

7. We started teaching Landscape Architecture and Urbanism at Greenwich University in 2018 (student drawing by @_goood )

8. We took a ‘whole house’ approach to a Victorian semi-detached house in 2019.

9. This year we completed A canopy house, being our major project overseas.

10. We are finally moving into our own office space!

#dezeenawards #architecture #emergingarchitects #landscape #planning

We are delighted to have been selected by @dezeen

We are delighted to have been selected by @dezeen as one of the 28 international practices long-listed for the ‘emerging architect of the year award’.
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This coincides with our 10 year anniversary, and the same year when the studio will finally move into an office space closer to the public on the high street and showcasing a sustainability material & technology library open to all. What an honour to be in such great company together with @lendagergroup @mamoumani @gad_lineplus_studio @__summary__ @surmanweston @nimtimarchitects @k_studio_gr @peterpichler_architecture @willgamble_architects @robhutcharch @winwood.mckenzie @kogaa_studio @officesandm @unitedlab.llc @vladimir_radutny @proctor_and_shaw @julius_taminiau_architects @chothompson @designaware @caatstudio @drooprojects
Office Off Course
Kooo Architects
3andwich Design/He Wei Studio
RAW Architecture
Studio Takuya Hosokai
Devolution

Thanks to @dezeen and, of course, our brilliant team @kalliopi_b @awesomefly and Helena (twitter @helerivera)
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But what we are most happy about, is the recognition that our studio philosophy has paid off. Here’s a short recap of our 10 principals:

#dezeenawards #dezeen #emerginarchitecture #architecture

At A Small Studio we believe in the importance of

At A Small Studio we believe in the importance of bridging the fields of architecture, landscape and planning. For this reason, we are delighted to support @thedeveloperuk
This is a beautiful print with thoughtful and relevant articles to take us through until Autumn. We are very proud to be a patron together with ing. Media @ashsakulaarchitects @stridetreglown
#independentjournalism #architecture #landscape #planning

We are very happy that our project 'Canopy house i

We are very happy that our project 'Canopy house in Nairobi' has been published by the RIBA Journal PiP this month. It has been a joy working in Kenya with local artisans and in its lush wilderness.

https://www.ribaj.com/products/canopy-house-refurbished-bungalow-a-small-practice-nairobi-interiors

Thanks to
@ribajournal
@dumont.kenya
@modphotographykenya
#atlantisconstruction

We’re back doing what we love: going on site. Th

We’re back doing what we love: going on site. The COVID lockdown has brought about unprecedented changes to our workflow and whilst some projects slowed down others re-emerged. This one has been long in the making and we’re happy to begin demolition in one of Dulwich Estate’s most beautiful homes. But the house will remain! Ours is a small but dramatic intervention. 🙌🏼
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#RIBA #architects #london #houses #renovation #dulwichestate #a_small_studio #site

We invite you to join us tomorrow to our Virtual E

We invite you to join us tomorrow to our Virtual Exhibition. This is the last event of our month-long digital consultation on The Power of Norwood High Street and we will be showing the information collated. Also, we have a special guest, who collaborated with us to create a Bat’s Highway for Norwood High Street🌟🦇
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Our event is this Friday June 26th at 10:30am click on our bio link for booking.

#lfadigital2020 #lfa2020 #norwoodworks #norwoodhighstreet #riba #a_small_studio #landscape #urbanbiodiveristy #virtualexhibition #publicconsultation

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