Journal
100 Pall Mall Shortlisted: AI Specification Awards 2024, Public and Commercial Category
Our refurbishment of 100 Pall Mall in St James's was shortlisted at the 2024 Architectural Ironmongery Specification Awards, run by the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers with RIBA, with the ceremony held at Grade I listed Southwark Cathedral.
4 Top Tips: How do I make changes to a listed property that will be granted Listed Building Consent?
Planning Permission Granted: Secret Garden House
100 Pall Mall in OnOffice Magazine: Heritage Office Refurbishment, St James's
OnOffice Magazine has published a feature on our refurbishment of 100 Pall Mall, a Grade II listed Stripped Classicism office building in the St James's Conservation Area, designed by Donald McMorran in 1959, refreshed for contemporary occupiers without compromising the integrity of the original.
Listed Building Consent: Heritage Office Refurbishment, 100 Pall Mall, St James's
A Grade II listed mid-century office on Pall Mall, refreshed for twenty-first century occupiers without losing what makes it distinctive. Consent secured through close collaboration with Westminster's Conservation Officer and a pared-back, heritage-led design response.
Hatton Garden: Reversing a Negative Contribution
A 1970s office building once identified by Camden as harming its Conservation Area setting. Full planning permission followed a heritage led case built around window replacement, ground floor space planning, and calibrated solar control glazing.
Ulster Terrace Cat A Refurbishment: Listed Building Consent Secured for John Nash Terrace, Regent's Park
Listed building consent secured for the Cat A refurbishment of a Grade I listed John Nash terrace facing Regent's Park. Three commercial units, repositioned for the market through a heritage-led services strategy and bespoke interior detail.
Zig-Zag Roof House in Don't Move, Improve! 2021: Family Home Extension, Camberwell
4SA's Zig-Zag Roof House, a family home in Camberwell crowned by a sculptural zig-zag roofline, has been selected for New London Architecture's Don't Move, Improve! 2021, the annual survey celebrating 100 of London's most inspiring home transformations.
Zig Zag Roof House Longlisted: Don't Move, Improve! 2021
4SA's Zig Zag Roof House, a Victorian terrace in Camberwell, has been longlisted for Don't Move, Improve! 2021, New London Architecture's showcase of the capital's most inventive home transformations. The zig zag roof raises ceiling height and adds interest where a flat roof would have sat.
4 Top Tips: How Do I Bring More Light Into a Dark Victorian Terrace?
A dark, cramped Victorian mid terrace in Camberwell, rethought. Four of the moves we return to for bringing daylight and a sense of space back into a period home, from opening up a windowless hallway to lighting the room best left dark.
A Joint Rear Extension and a Playful Roof That Follows the Geometry of the House: How a Camberwell Terrace Was Reshaped Around a Family
A Victorian terrace in Camberwell, a shared party wall built jointly with the neighbour, a roof shaped by the geometry of the house, and a kitchen designed to be playroom, dining room and cinema across a single day. Heritage-led thinking on an unlisted house.
Zig-Zag Roof House in Dwell: Victorian Terrace Extension, Camberwell
Dwell's House Tour of the Zig-Zag Roof House in Camberwell, a Victorian terrace where a negotiated boundary height and deep light-filled reveals turned a dark, cramped ground floor into a flexible space that grows with the family.
Zig Zag Roof House in Living Etc: A Sculptural Roof for a Camberwell Victorian Terrace
Living Etc's guide to modern home extensions features the Zig Zag Roof House, our Camberwell project where a collaborative agreement with the neighbour and a planning constraint together produced its distinctive sculptural roof.
Zig Zag Roof House in the Evening Standard: Camberwell Victorian Extension
The Evening Standard's Homes & Property section featured Zig Zag Roof House, a Victorian terraced home in Camberwell designed by 4SA founder Julia Hamson and opened to the public for Open House London 2020, with its zigzag-roofed rear extension and space-saving interiors.
4 Top Tips: How to design an integrated coffee bar in my kitchen?
A good cup of coffee can set the tone of a morning. Four things we learned designing the integrated coffee station at the Zig Zag Roof House: waterproof finishes, hidden sockets, adjustable shelves, and a station that slides out of sight.