DMI 2021 WINNER! Two and a Half Storey House
We are so proud to be awarded the joint award for Compact Design of The Year at the 2021 Don’t Move Improve Competition.
Our Two and a half storey house is sharing the award with the lovely Council House Renovation from VATRAA Architecture.
Click here to read an interview with the clients. The project was also featured in an episode of Another Architecture Podcast that you can find here.
Big thank you to NLA London for this award!
Check also our two longlisted projects, Vault House and Field House.
“The clever half loft extension” feature in Houzz
The architects came up with the ingenious solution of building up a flat roof within the permitted height and, internally, creating two interlocking floor levels. The key was in using the ceiling of the bedroom on the floor below to create a sleeping platform for a new room above it (seen here) and minimising the depth of ceiling heights with millimetre precision.
Architect George Bradley says, “Although the project is very small and compact, roof windows and double-height spaces have been carefully inserted to allow for more daylight and ventilation, improving the quality of space for the whole home.”
An all-glass yet discreet new opening has also been added at ground floor level, which can just been seen in the first photograph.
The bedroom (the doorway is at the top of the stairs) also features an internal window, which can be seen on the right here.
“We designed the project to be made almost entirely out of wood,” George says, “enabling structural elements to also double-up as internal finishes, making the project much more affordable.”
Thank you to Houzz for featuring Two and a Half Storey House. Read the full article here.
A New Way To Talk About Homes, interview with George
The Architecture Firm Marketing Podcast hosted by Dave Sharp invited George for a lovely talk, discussing new non-visual ways to talk about architecture.
Listen to the episode to find out more bout the Another Architecture Podcast hosted by George, as well as The Two Architects, a pay as you go meet platform, developed by George and Ewald. Dave and George also talk about the importance of well organised marketing and social media for an architecture practice.
Dave Sharp is a remote marketing coach and strategist for architects. Find out more about him and what he does on his website vanityprojects.com
New build in Barnet submitted for planning approval
A project we have been working on recently has been submitted for planning permission.
The clients set a challenging brief to create two houses on an infill plot with large backland area bordering many other properties. Due to their different locations the two houses are completely different. The infill house continues the lines of neighbouring houses but with a contemporary twist while the backland house is based on the concept of a collection of garden buildings or ‘sheds’ clustered together and linked by glazed walkways to make a comfortable and very private family home.
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Marketing In Times of Crisis interview with George and Ewald
George and Ewald had the pleasure to be on the Marketing In Times of Crisis podcast hosted by Ayo Abbas.
Listen to episode 17: Focus, Fun and New Ventures with George Bradley and Ewald Van Der Straeten from BVDS by following the link below and selecting your preferred podcast platform.
Marketing In Times of Crisis is an interview led podcast series featuring inspirational built environment business leaders. Listen to live conversations, jam-packed with hints, tips and takeaways that you can apply to your own business.
Shortlisted for Don’t Move Improve awards!
We are very happy to announce that or project Two and a half storey house has been shortlisted for this year’s Don’t Move Improve awards. The annual competition celebrates the best homes being redesigned in London.
We have also been longlisted with another two projects, Vault House and Field House.
Find out more about the projects by clicking on their names.
Two and a Half Storey House in the Grand Designs Magazine
We are happy to be featured in the Grand Designs Magazine! Our Two And A Half Storey House has a nine page feature in the November issue revealing details about the project and the challenges we needed to overcome.
If you want to find out how we managed to add another bedroom via a half height extension, you can reed the full article here.
Two and a Half Storey House is Highly Commended project in the Interiors category
We are very proud to share with you that Two and a Half Storey House is selected for a Highly Commended project in this years instalment of The Wood Awards.
You can see more info about the awards and all participants HERE.
Congratulations to all winners!
Vault House Video Tour
We’re excited to take you round our project Vault House in De Beauvoir Town. A re-interpretation of an end of terrace period property, located in the De Beauvoir conservation area, that has been opened up internally and extended with ziggurat-like brickwork forms externally.
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Two and a Half Storey House shortlisted for the 2020 Wood awards!
We are pleased to announce that our project Two and a Half Storey House has been shortlisted for the Wood awards 2020.
The Wood Awards is the UK’s premier competition for excellence in architecture and product design in the world’s only naturally sustainable material. The Awards aim to recognise, encourage and promote outstanding design, craftsmanship and installation using wood.
The competition began in 1971 as the Carpenters’ Award and was rebranded in 2003 as the Wood Awards. The Awards have had an impact on the architectural and design landscape, becoming a ‘mark of excellence’ in wood with past Gold Award winners including Niall McLaughlin Architects, Foster+Partners and 6a architects.
The Awards’ elite independent judging panel of professional experts and specialists not only judges the submitted entries but visits the shortlisted projects in person, making the Wood Awards as meaningful and rigorous a competition as possible.
Big thank you to everyone involved in the project!
Wish us good luck!
Finalist Architect of the Year Awards by Building Design
We are excited to announce that we have been shortlisted for two awards at this year’s Architect of the Year awards by Building Design, both in the Young Architect of the Year (the prestigious YAYA) and in the Small Projects Architects of the Year category. We are in amazing company for both shortlists and can’t wait for the ceremony in October.
Thank you to all our clients, consultants and team members over the last ten years, just being shortlisted is a massive achievement!
Read the full story HERE.
LFA Digital 2020
On Saturday the 27th June as part of the Digital London Festival of Architecture 2020, Bradley Van Der Straeten Architects will be hosting an online consultation day.
You can book your time slot with George, Ewald or Jessica here.
It will be a great opportunity for you to have a free 30 minute session with one of our team members to talk about a project that you might be planning for your home.
Whether you are considering adapting your home for remote working, you are tired of looking at your dreary old kitchen day after day or you are planning a big move or an ambitious new build project, we can offer you advice on design ideas, budget and timeline to help you get your plans kick-started.
When the owners of this house, another compact property on a housing estate, approached architecture firm Bradley Van Der Straeten, they were expecting a second baby. They didn’t want to leave the area, but couldn’t afford to upsize to a place with the third bedroom they needed.
The obvious answer was to add another floor on top, but the council’s planning department turned down the application to extend the loft, saying the house must not exceed the highest point of the existing roof.