Construction has started on our project in Kensington Conservation Area. The project combines a careful combination of refurbishment, restoration, and an extension.
Redhill Barn has been included in Homes For Our Time, Contemporary Houses Around The World published by TASCHEN!
Site#1 is the first artwork from ‘On site’, a series of installations in London by the urban art duo ROBOCOOP! Installed at one of our on-going projects in north London, the artwork draws inspiration from paintings of construction sites such as St Leopold Inspecting the construction of Klosterneuburg Abbey (Rueland Frueauf The Younger, 1505). We’re looking forward to exploring the intersection of photography, painting, and architecture with ROBOCOOP on future projects.
Restoration of a Grade II* listed barn in Devon is underway. Layers of timber structure have been exposed spanning from the 14th to 20th centuries.
TYPE have secured planning permission for a listed barn in Devon. The project is a rural retreat in Devon inside the shell of a listed linhay, a type of farm building found in Devon and Somerset. Due to the sensitive natural habitat, we’ve designed louvred timber screens to limit any impact on light-sensitive species. Working closely with an ecologist we’ve designed openings to limit external light levels while also allowing natural daylight inside and making the most of the valley views.
Come and see the end-of-year show at Kettle's Yard featuring work of Studio 3.4, taught in collaboration with Forms of Living
Interiors in progress...
Construction progressing on site outside of London
TYPE are working on the interior design a of low-energy home in North London, , designed to meet LETI Best Practice for Retrofit, and using a palette of stone, timber, and clay.
TYPE are excited to have been granted planning permission for the conversion and extension of this 16th century barn. Our proposed addition of a courtyard wing will enable the surviving shell of the late medieval threshing barn to be reinstated as one large open plan space. The materials of the new wing combine stone, timber and sheet metal, referencing the C20th agricultural vernacular.
Works are progressing on-site at our project in Kintbury!
We're delighted to share that our project for Sufra NW London has been granted planning permission.
Phase 1 of an ambitious retrofit in north London is underway.
In collaboration Forms of Living Studio 3.4 is looking forward to the start of the academic year. We will continue to research new forms of domestic life in the context of the UK's New Towns.
TYPE are working hard on a low carbon retrofit in north London, more details soon...
TYPE are excited to be working with Sufra on a low-carbon, multi-purpose building for their inspirational work in the community of Brent.
Moment of reflection at the end of term, Studio 3.4, MAGIC PARTY PLACE with Forms of Living at the University of Cambridge, captured by Lorenzo Zandri
TYPE are starting work on an ambitious new project for an artist in Hackney.
TYPE have been shortlisted in the AR House Awards 2022 alongside "15 houses from all over the world, from the UK, Ireland and Spain, to Mexico, Vietnam, New Zealand and The Bahamas"!
A new build home adjoining an old stone barn, designed based on regenerative principles. Now for sale with planning permission on The Modern House.
This year Studio 3.4 will continue to re-evaluate New Towns, and this year will be investigating alternative forms of housing for Basildon. The studio is taught in collaboration with Forms of Living and this year's title is credited to CJ Clarke's film and photography MAGIC, PARTY, PLACE
TYPE's project in Herne Hill is featured in Living Etc magazine, focusing on the use of natural materials such as timber, clay, and cork.
Annual exhibition of undergraduate and postgraduate work featuring Studio 3.4 led by Lola Lozano Lara, Elena Palacios Carral, and TYPE co-founder Sam Nelson.
Redhill Barn is featured in DETAIL Magazine
TYPE featured on the cover page of the Evening Standard's Homes & Property, the article focuses on our eco retrofit of a Grade II listed flat on Golden Lane Estate.
TYPE are excited to start work on a new project in Dorset...
Redhill Barn recently featured in Nya Rum magazine.
TYPE are included on the RIBA House of the Year 2021 shortlist. The "RIBA House of the Year is awarded to the best example of a one-off house designed by an architect in the UK. The award celebrates excellence and innovation in home design." RIBA
Read more about how natural materials have been used at Redhill Barn in the latest issue of AJ Specification.
TYPE are included on the RIBA House of the Year 2021 longlist. The shortlist and winner will be unveiled, week by week, during Channel 4’s Grand Designs: House of the Year, which will air later this year...
Redhill Barn has been awarded an RIBA National Award 2021.
Studio 3.4 is an architecture studio at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Architecture. This year we will investigate architecture’s capacity to reflect social change by addressing one of the most fundamental challenges in architecture, the design of housing...Cover image is 'Falling House with Fire', 2013, by James Casebere.
Redhill Barn has been announced as a finalist in the AJ Manser Medal which celebrates the best homes in the UK.
TYPE have been shortlisted with three other practices for BD's Young Architect of the Year Award 2021. YAYA is organised by the leading architectural weekly BD. It was established to celebrate the talents of the next generation of architects.
Redhill Barn has been awarded an RIBA South West Award 2021.
Redhill Barn has been awarded an RIBA South West Conservation Award 2021.
TYPE have won an AIA UK Design Award 2021 in the Emerging Practice category. Built in 1810 and long since overgrown by nature, the south Devon barn, which originally housed cattle and stored grain, has been lovingly transformed into a contemporary home. The jury praised the project for “the way that the team had taken a roofless ruined stone barn that looked beyond repair and made it into a spectacular farmhouse. Great deal of thought had gone into longevity and adaptability of the project. It’s a beautiful reuse of a derelict building and maybe even more impressive as it’s a self-built project and in that sense, it’s a real labour of love. The jury were very impressed with the attention to detail of every aspect of the project and the honest distinction between what is old and new.” Award submissions were judged on the AIA’s 10 measures and their frameworks for design excellence which seek to inspire sustainable, resilient and inclusive design.
More photos coming soon...
Stripping back walls and floors...
TYPE are included in the Architecture Foundation's latest publication 'New Architects 4', which has been reviewed by Rowan Moore. You can read the article here.
Redhill Barn Highly Commended
TYPE are starting work on an exciting new project in Cumbria
Redhill Barn has been shortlisted for the Wood Awards 2020.
Redhill Barn is shortlisted for the Home Transformation of the Year.
Redhill Barn has been shortlisted for the RIBA south west award.
https://www.ribaj.com/buildings/regional-awards-shortlist-2020-south-west
TYPE are starting work on their first project in Spain.
Surveying plasterwork at a new project in Hampstead.
Progress on site at our project in south London.
TYPE are settling into a new office in the National Trust property Sutton House in Hackney
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sutton-house-and-breakers-yard
TYPE has signed an open letter declaring a climate and biodiversity emergency and calling for the construction industry to commit to positive action. This call to action invites all UK architectural practices to join the 17 founding signatories in demanding a shift in the industry’s philosophy to meet the needs of our society without breaching the earth’s ecological boundaries.