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The setting is perfect, the existing in-ground pool nestles into its sandy location – but the pool itself is tired – enter Pool Co for an award-winning make over

By following the natural contours of the site, the architects maximised the plan, pulled the building down into the site, and stepped the massing to follow the topography

When the Thames is your penthouse outlook, the interiors have to vie for attention – here, tactile materials, crafted furniture and artworks all play a part

One key move can influence a bathroom design and its ambience – here it was locating the vanity basin and mirror in front of the windows

A heritage renovation repurposes the interior while enhancing the original cottage's character – an in-keeping double height rear extension provides modern living

On a native treed plot, this house engages with every element of its site – starting with locally sourced board and batten Silvertop ash hardwood cladding

A moody Silestone splashback works in well with this dark toned kitchen which can be largely concealed behind bifold, retracting cabinetry doors

Long recognised as warm and natural, wool and its benefits are now looked at with fresh eyes amongst millennial consumers, says a nation-wide Bremworth study  

For this outdoor living project, the timber stepped access leads onto the first wood platform of a split-level outdoor living space

This arresting room divider lets the sun shine right on through – the jury's out whether it doubles as shelving too – one of several interior architectural surprises in this home

Being a penthouse, moving the plumbing into the porcelain panel walls wasn't an option – instead a mirror-clad false wall disguises its presence

A doll's house view of this reinvented kitchen space shows just how open to its environment it is, with black bifold doors bringing the outside in