About Jim Stephenson Photography
Jim Stephenson is an architectural photographer and film maker with a specific focus on documenting people in the built environment and how they interact with buildings. Trained as an architectural technologist, on graduation Jim worked in the industry for almost ten years on both sides of the Atlantic. His background allows him to converse meaningfully with his clients; he understands the architect’s intent and confidently conveys this in his photography. Working with film-maker Edward Bishop, he also produces short films of architectural projects for clients and publications. Jim is also approved by the Civil Aviation Authority to legally pilot a drone for commercial purposes, holding an up to date PfCO. He has been commissioned to photograph and produces films on projects by a wide range of architects and designers, including BIG; Herzog & de Meuron; Assemble; Zaha Hadid Architects; dRMM; Studio in the Woods / Invisible Studio; AHMM; Wilkinson Eyre; Foster & Partners; Rogers, Stirk Harbour and Partners; John Pardey Architects; Rural Studio; PUP Architects; MVRDV; Sou Fujimoto Architects; 6a; Studio Weave and many others.
LOCATION: Brighton and Hove, UK
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Lila is a neurosurgeon and Duncan is a software engineer. Amidst the pandemic, they felt the need for a space that allows them to take a break from their daily family activities and retreat in their thoughts.
Two-Storey Timber Addition – Studio Weave has added a double-story timber artist’s retreat to a stone cottage in Devon, completing the revival of the holiday home for a family based between London and the countryside.
Planning for this project was won under Paragraph 79, the Country House Clause, with a design taking inspiration from the surroundings.
A radical transformation of an Edwardian semi-detached house into a colourful family home topped with a stage set Mountain.
Its futuristic design, with rounded corners and a simple black glass curtain wall, reflected the modern mechanical industry of the newspaper presses it housed.
Field House is a new-build, replacement dwelling in a sensitive green belt location, designed to take advantage of the countryside setting and views.
This house extension and refurbishment transforms a Victorian terraced property in a Highbury conservation area. The brief was to create open plan spaces with an improved relationship to the garden, and a kitchen that could be enjoyed as a social space.
Project: Polzeath Beach House Architects: McLean Quinlan Architects Interior Design: McLean Quinlan, Jam Interiors Structural Engineer: Frank Van Loock Associates Location: Polzeath, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom Year 2019 Photography: Jim Stephenson Looking out over the North Cornish coast nests a bespoke family beach house with commanding views over the panoramic surfing beach at Polzeath. The
