House extensions and refurbishments, plus other small-scale or budget projects undertaken by architects. Find out more about AJ Small Projects here
Sanchez Benton has completed the refurbishment of a draughty 1970s council house in central London with off-the-shelf sheet building materials found in the original house. The project was one of nearly 200 entries received for last year’s AJ Small Projects competition
The £167,000 project by the Kent-based practice is located in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
The practice has completed the full renovation and extension of an Edwardian-era terrace house in north-west London
The London-based studio has transformed an Edwardian semi-detached house into a Postmodern family home with extension topped in fake Disneyland mountain scenery
Faced by Jura limestone, the new building is constructed from 90 per cent recycled, low-carbon concrete, partially exposed inside to contrast with a marble-floored atrium, oak-floored galleries, brass thresholds and a green velvet-lined bar
The Peterborough-based practice has used the metal to clad an extension to a Victorian mid-terrace home
The Dalston-based practice’s extension and refurbishment has been built using as little as possible
Sandy Rendel was both client and architect for this £224,000 self-build house, which was slotted into a 2.8m-wide break in a terrace in south London
Beasley Dickson Architects has refurbished a house with existing Italian-style flavours by adding extensions to the basement, ground floor, above the closet wing and in the loft
A new steel structure and mezzanine floor have been inserted to open up the building's original but gutted 17th and 18th-century envelope
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