CarbonLite, Clearly: How AECB’s Standards Help Us Design Low-Energy Buildings That Actually Work
by Imran Jahn on Oct 1, 2025
What is CarbonLite? CarbonLite is the AECB’s practical framework for creating buildings that are genuinely low-energy, comfortable and healthy. It takes Passivhaus thinking (modelling with PHPP, focus on fabric, ventilation and airtightness) and packages it into standards that UK desi …
My Queen’s Park: A Community of Quiet Trailblazers
by Sean Hill on Sep 19, 2025
When Domus Nova came calling to explore the people and places shaping Queen’s Park, we were honoured to be featured alongside some of the neighbourhood’s most inspiring voices. Their piece, My Queen’s Park: The Trailblazers at the Heart of the Neighbourhood’s Soul, captured the unique …
Hopefield Avenue, Queen's Park - Arches, Light and Living with Nature
by Sean Hill on Sep 16, 2025
Victorian terraces in Queen’s Park carry a quiet dignity. At Hopefield Avenue, our proposal reimagines one such home with respect and invention, accentuating existing character while introducing architectural gestures that look to the future. Rear garden view of Victorian terrace in Q …
Sutton Churches Tennis Clubhouse – A Pavilion for Sport and Community
by Imran Jahn on Sep 15, 2025
Every so often, a project arrives that is more than a building. At Sutton Churches Tennis Club, the new clubhouse is conceived as a striking pavilion — an ambitious piece of architecture that redefines how a community experiences sport, spectatorship, and togetherness. This is not onl …
Sustainable Architects in London | RISE Design Studio
by Sean Hill on Aug 29, 2025
Building a Greener Future, One Project at a Time London is a city of heritage and ambition. A place where Georgian terraces, industrial warehouses, and post-war housing estates sit side by side with new towers and cultural landmarks. But in the face of the climate emergency, one quest …
Architects’ Fees in the UK – A Guide to Value, Vision, and Legacy
by Sean Hill on Aug 27, 2025
Why the Conversation About Fees Matters When we talk about architects’ fees, we’re not simply talking about numbers on a page. We’re talking about the value of vision. About trust. About the long-term decisions that shape how you live, work, and thrive.
London Homes Are Overheating — But We Can Design Our Way Out of It
by Sean Hill on Aug 16, 2025
Earlier this week, I sat down with BBC London’s Alice Bhandhukravi for an interview about a growing issue that’s impacting homes across the capital — and shaping the way we design. While my contribution was a small part of the final broadcast, we spoke for nearly an hour about overhea …
Backland Development - Turning Hidden Plots into Purposeful Places
by Sean Hill on Aug 10, 2025
In the spaces most people overlook - behind houses, between gardens, down forgotten lanes - there is an untapped opportunity.
Start with Strategy: Why Feasibility is the Smart First Step
by Imran Jahn on Aug 9, 2025
Every great building begins long before the first sketch. It starts with asking the right questions.
Building Down to Rise Up: Understanding Basement Costs in London 2025
by Sean Hill on Aug 7, 2025
In London, space is a luxury. And in a city where growth is restricted upwards and outwards, we often find ourselves looking in the opposite direction - down. Not because it’s easier. But because, done well, it can transform the way a home lives and breathes.
