Flintstones is a contemporary house in Winterborne Whitechurch, United Kingdom, by Western Design Architects. Set on a steep former chalk quarry beside listed cottages and a Grade I church, the house negotiates village heritage and modern life in a single gesture. Across three carefully arranged levels, it brings light, openness, and practical family comfort to a sensitive Conservation Area setting.
Sky House transforms a tired 1970s house in South West England, United Kingdom into a rigorously updated family home by Klas Hyllen Architecture. The project turns a once-confusing layout into two clear volumes linked by glass, pairing super-insulated construction and triple glazing with vast views of shifting English sky. Inside, contemporary minimalism meets warmth and color as the retrofit aligns daily life with ambitious low-energy performance.
The Croft sets a contemporary profile on the hillside above Warminster, United Kingdom, where Western Design Architects shape a compact house around long south-facing views. Inside, the open-plan arrangement pulls family life toward the terrace and garden, turning a modest plot into an easy, everyday circuit. Sliding glass, pale finishes, and a shaded balcony keep the house bright yet controlled through changing English weather.
The Cornwall Retreat sits above Porthcothan Bay, a clifftop house by De Rosee Sa in London, United Kingdom, shaped around a young family of surfers. Within its modest pitched form, the project unfolds as a layered coastal interior, where timber, stone and soft textiles translate the surrounding landscape into daily life. Interiors stay calm and grounded, but every room keeps a quiet dialogue with the sea beyond.
Hartdene Barns gathers nine new houses in Edenbridge, United Kingdom, where Nissen Richards Studio translates a once-derelict dairy farm into carbon-net-zero rural living. The development folds barn silhouettes, advanced fabric construction, and a rich material palette into luxury homes that retain the memory of agricultural life while committing to RIBA Climate Challenge 2025 criteria. Each dwelling treats landscape, structure, and finish as part of one precise, low-carbon vision.
NetherhallGardens Roof Extension crowns a converted Victorian apartment in London, United Kingdom with an unexpectedly generous upper level by AR Architecture. The project adds a family office, leisure rooms and a private outdoor terrace, all concealed within the conservation area roofline. Daily life now shifts easily between work, reading, music and time in the open air, without disturbing the building’s brick gables and street-facing character.
Clay Rise sits in the village of West Hoathly in West Sussex, United Kingdom, as a new three-bedroom house by architecture and interior practice Templeton Ford. The project grows from the hillside next to Andre Templeton Ford’s childhood home, translating the brick cottages and clay tiles of the area into a contemporary dwelling shaped for shared and evolving family life. Its calm presence masks a highly tuned, flexible arrangement within.
Fairholt Street House transforms a former pub site in Knightsbridge, Greater London, England, United Kingdom into a lavish single-family home by AR Architecture. Behind the restored facade, the 2017 project layers contemporary interior design, a two-level basement, and generous outdoor terraces into a tight urban plot just steps from Harrods. Every room pushes for comfort while holding a firm line with the conservation area outside.
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