The Arbor House, Aberdeen / Brown & Brown Architects
Brown & Brown has completed a new low energy home in a conservation area of Aberdeen, Scotland, turning an open plot into a private, leafy retreat that foregrounds craftsmanship and design.
Jim Stephenson photography
Jim Stephenson is a UK-based architectural photographer and filmmaker whose work emphasizes human presence, atmosphere, and the lived experience of built spaces. His style tends toward documentary, capturing fleeting moments—light shifting, people moving, use and texture—that reveal more than just form.
He studied Architectural Technology and worked in practice in the UK and USA before fully embracing photography and film. His portfolio includes work by renowned architects like Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Kengo Kuma, and many others, and his images and films are regularly published in media such as The Architects’ Journal, Dezeen, The New York Times, and Architectural Review.
LOCATION: United Kingdom
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Victorian Terraced House Extension in Camden, London
Our design is a homage to the old Victorian house. The pitched roof is inspired by the roofline of the old building while the bricks are reclaimed from the demolition of the sidewall.
Home Office for a Neurosurgeon and a Software Engineer in a 30 sqm Garage Conversion
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.
A Two-Storey Timber Addition to a Stone Cottage in Devon
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.
Devon Passivhaus Brings Life to a Walled Garden
Planning for this project was won under Paragraph 79, the Country House Clause, with a design taking inspiration from the surroundings.
Colourful Family Home Topped with a Stage Set Mountain
A radical transformation of an Edwardian semi-detached house into a colourful family home topped with a stage set Mountain. The house opens up progressively as you move through the ground floor, from the dark monochromatic front room…
Express Building Manchester / Ben Adams Architects
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 / Spratley & Partners
Field House is a new-build, replacement dwelling in a sensitive green belt location, designed to take advantage of the countryside setting and views.
Highbury House Extension / Architecture for London
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…