We are delighted to announce that we picked up the Stephen Lawrence Prize at the Stirling Awards on Thursday night. We missed out on the Manser Medal, but to be nominated for both was an amazing achievement and to walk away with a gong has made the weekend an enjoyable one.
Awards time /
July has been a great month for us all as we picked up our first RIAS and RIBA awards and to top it all off, we also picked up a Saltire Housing Award at the Saltire Society's awards ceremony in Edinburgh.
We are also delighted to be collaborating with fashion brand Folli Follie on an installation as part of the RIBA's Regent Street Shop Window Project. The designs will be unveiled at the beginning of September.
Scottish Design Award /
Following on from our success at the Grand Designs Awards, we have picked up a Scottish Design Award for House No.7. Next up the RIAS Awards.
In other news, we are preparing to submit a planning application for a new 3-bedroom house in Clapham, London. More to come soon.
We are also taking a look at a new country house near Dalmally in the west of Scotland. We will post something when we have it.
Recent shortlistings /
The last month has been quite an exciting one for Denizen Works. House No. 7 has been shortlisted for an RIAS award and the Scottish Design Awards. The shortlistings would have been excitement enough for one month, but we have scooped the Grand Designs Home of the Year Award 2014.
New house in Golders Green /
Looks like we might have an opportunity to look at a new house in Golders Green. We're going to study some suburban housing models.
Peabody Small Projects Panel results /
We narrowly missed out on a place on the Peabody Small Projects Panel. 7th/8th out of 300 hundred or so entries is not bad, though. In fact, feeling quite proud. Read about the selection process here.
Peabody Small Projects Panel shortlist /
Very exciting news this month. Denizen Works have been shortlisted as 1 of 20 extremely good practices competing for 6 places on the Peabody Small Projects Panel. Bit of an uphill task.
We started work on a project with Solid Space this month, going to be a good one. More information to come.
Urban/rural site in south London /
We have been approached to look at an urban/rural site in south London and see if we can find an architecture suitable for a new house on such an interesting plot.
House Number 7 press journey /
House Number 7 has started on it's press journey and we're not sure where it is going to go. Have a look here.
Huffington Post feature /
Murray made a surprise appearance in the pages of the Huffington Post. Very well captured we all think. You can read the article here.
House Number 7 completion /
House Number 7 (formerly Brandon Cottage) has been completed. It's been a busy few weeks getting it ready, but we are now looking forward to our first visitors.
Extension and renovation of Georgian town house /
We have been approached to carry out the designs for an extension and renovation of a beautiful, listed, Georgian town house in Islington.
Collaboration with Mark Dorward /
Denizen Works have been busy on our first collaboration with Mark Dorward for Europan 12.
We have selected a difficult site in Munich next to an extremely busy road so are working to develop an elegant acoustic screen based on motorway acoustic barrier technology.