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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

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

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

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

Why wouldn't you make the back of your new home a wall of glass when this inviting pool is captured in the picture? 

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

A solid-look vanity helps anchor this reinvented bathroom which in many ways is all about lightness, space and out-of-shot greenery

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

For this renovation, the back of the house was re-imagined into one volume that stretched the width of the site – mirror-sided skylights add to the sense of space