BVDS wins Wood Award for The Studio

We are very excited to announce that we won at this years Wood Awards. We won in the existing building category for The Studio project.

The Wood Awards, begun in 1971, is the UK’s premier competition for excellence in architecture and product design in the world’s only naturally sustainable material.

Other winners on the night were Zaha Hadid, Foster and Partners, Niall McLaughlan and Hopkins architects, so we are very honoured to be in such established and talented company.

The judges were impressed by the way that our imaginative approach created a family home out of what would previously have seemed an unliveably small area, and that, despite having no external space, the building never feels claustrophobic.

They described the project as ‘a charming and imaginative home for a small but growing family.

The award is the first of hopefully many to be won by Bradley Van Der Straeten Architects.

BVDS in Czech Press

Our Studio project has been featured in the national press in the Czech Republic.

Although we are not fluent in Czech, Google Translate has assured us that they have written positively about our design.

You can read the full article by clicking here.

Dezeen Feature

Our project The Studio has been featured in the online magazine Dezeen.

Dezeen is one of the world’s most popular and influential architecture and design magazines.

Click HERE to read the online article.

Wood Awards Finalist

The Studio project has been selected as one of three finalists for this years Wood Awards in the existing building category.

The Wood Awards are the UK’s premier competition for excellence in architecture and product design in wood. The awards aim to recognise, encourage and promote outstanding design, craftsmanship and installation using wood.

The awards ceremony will be on the 10th November. For more information follow this LINK.

Retrofit Awards 2015 Finalists

Our Porth Cottage project in Cornwall has been selected as a finalist for this year’s AJ Retrofit awards.

The awards recognise and celebrate design excellence that prolongs and improves the life of the built environment by working with existing buildings.

Porth Cottage is a great example of how an existing space can be reimagined using clever design.

The winners will be announced at the Brewery, London on the 16th September 2015.

Follow this link  for more information on the AJ Retrofit awards.

Trevelyan House in Evening Standard Homes + Property Magazine

The project Trevelyan House was featured with a double page spread in the Evening Standard’s Homes & Property section. Click HERE to read the full interview with director Ewald Van Der Straeten.

The Studio in the Evening Standard Homes + Property

The Studio project got featured in the Homes and Property section of the Evening standard with a double page spread. Click HERE to read the full article.

Retrofit Awards Finalists

We attended the Architects Journal Retrofit Awards 2014 at The Brewery in London.

The awards recognise and celebrate design excellence that prolongs and improves the life of the built environment.

We were finalists for two projects in the housing under 300k category for The Studio project in Stoke Newington and for 1 Victoria Mews in Kilburn.

Unfortunately we didn’t win, but we had a great night and we were really happy to be shortlisted.