Listed Building

Rees Architects designed the extension and full refurbishment of this Grade II Listed townhouse in Islington. We were also responsible for planning and listing building content, building regulations, interior design and project management for the build. This Grade II listed townhouse in Islington spans three storeys – a ground floor, first floor and second floor with a basement. It also had a bathroom installed in the loft, which didn’t make the most of the space and had no window. Chris Snook Chris Snook The owners wanted an extension into the garden from the basement. The listed status of the building meant that a glass extension was the most obvious choice and would also help bring natural light into the space. Th... More

This listed building on a square in Bloomsbury was originally constructed in the late 1700ʼs. It was annexed in the 1970ʼs to form ancillary accommodation to the office building next door. David Grandorge David Grandorge Our brief was to re-convert it to a house, and refurbish and extend the property to form a 4-bedroom family home with a roof terrace. We replaced the existing 1970ʼs roof extension with a more traditional mansard form, and used the existing steel-framed escape stair enclosure to justify the creation of a new roof terrace and a structurally-glazed garden room, which would have otherwise been unacceptable to the planners. David Grandorge   In order to maximise the floor area, the basement floor was lowe... More

The listed Haus Zur Sommerau in Uetikon is situ­ated on a ridge in the immediate vicinity of school buildings, a community centre and the Uetikon Kirchenhügel. The property is defined by the large front garden with its bordered, circular “Brezelwegen”, garden beds, fences and historical garden gates and is a reminder of the prestigious buildings of the upper classes. The house was likely built in 1902 by Karl August Veit, architect of the Weissenrain schoolhouse, which lies in front of the building and with which it shares a strong resemblance – both are realised in the historical style. The house is characterised by its half-hipped roof, roof brackets and southeast-facing loggias. The conservation order incl... More

We were approached in 2018 to create designs for the refurbishment of a double fronted Grade 11 Listed Georgian Crescent House in South London. The brief was to reinterpret the internal layout of the house for a growing creative family. Traditionally the kitchen was located in the ancillary spaces on the lower ground floor, however these had a poorer quality of natural light and a more limited head height. The brief was to bring the kitchen, dining and living spaces up to the principal reception room spaces. Tall floor to ceiling heights, good quality daylight and strong principal views across the crescent and gardens made the upper ground floor spaces much more compatible with modern family living.   Listed building consent was a ch... More

Atomik Architecture has transformed a captivating historic building for Holland Park School with a highly considered internal reworking, conservation and extension.    Thorpe Lodge is a Grade II listed former residential building which, since 1952, has formed part of Holland Park School. In recent years the Lodge had been used for storage, the teaching of art and the annual Sixth Form Summer Show. Primary services were not functioning up to the point where the school could no longer use it and with their requirements for more teaching space, now was the time to give the Lodge a new lease of life.   Atomik’s sensitive refurbishment has returned some of the character to the building, reworking it as an asset to the sc... More

Stone Cross is an iconic grade-II gothic style manor house built in 1878, located in rural Cumbria, which was left to dereliction in 2001 until development began in 2018.   The project required a careful, consultative approach on how to respectfully restore and modernise this historic building. The studio’s aim was to bring a modern, contemporary liveability to space, whilst creating a strong design narrative which wove together quintessential British history with opulent drama and character.    The challenge was to complement and accentuate the existing ornate architectural features such as the stone carvings and decorative tiled floor, with current materiality and shapes. The design approach was to play with the b... More

  A bold intervention to resolve two key fundamental day to day issues for the owners of Easter Saltoun Hall, the largest apartment in this converted category A Listed Building by William Burn, namely: improving the incredibly basic -given the status of the building- kitchen and dining facilities; and a sustainable solution to provide heating and hot water for the subjects.   A new kitchen space is formed, thermally independent of the existing north gallery with its own ceiling with contemporary vaulting inspired from the original. This allows cooking and dining for the first time since the property was acquired in the 1970's in thermal comfort, allowing also more daylight into the space than the previous ad-hoc cabin and offer... More

Holm Place is a new dwelling in the rural village of South Warnborough, Hampshire, UK. Planning permission was granted in August 2014, and the project was completed in July 2017.The 0.12 hectares site is located in the upper garden of Manor Court, a 17th century Grade II listed building which is situated in the South Warnborough Conservation Area.The design of the house aims to build a successful relationship with the listed building, utilising materials and forms that are reflective of the scale and proportion of the site. The sensitive siting of the design together with an exemplary architectural response sought to enhance the character of the area.Manor Court is surrounded by a generous garden which itself is bounded by protected mature... More