Our beach house in Dungeness, North Vat, has been long-listed for the RIBA House of the Year 2016 and will be featured on Grand Designs House of the Year on Channel 4, Thursday 8th December 2016 at 9pm. North Vat, completed in 2015 won an RIBA South East Regional Award in 2016 and was shortlisted for the 2016 Manser Medal. North Vat replaces an existing fisherman's cottage in Dungeness’s unique shingle landscape. The house was conceived as a ‘cluster’ of small shed-like structures, referential to the local vernacular of pitched roof huts, scattered along the beach front. The plan form of the proposed cluster was derived from the locations of the existing sheds and cottage, minimally adjusted to provide a simple living layout whilst maintaining a low impact on the ground ecology and sustaining the sense of randomness that we found in the original buildings. The windows and roof lights…

We have changed our window display to celebrate some of our hand drawings. Curated by Natasha, the display presents hand drawings across a series of projects.

Congratulations to Pippa on becoming an Architect and for passing her Part 3 with distinction. The letter arrived this morning!

We are 12 months into refurbishing and extending this wonderful five storey property located on one of Chelsea's prettiest and most discrete garden squares. The development includes construction of a double height glazed extension to the rear of the property, directly linking the living areas at ground and lower ground floor levels and allowing natural light to flood deeply into the space. Upstairs, all room layouts have been altered and the loft space converted into a playful central mezzanine which gives impressive tall ceiling heights to the bedrooms bringing light and views over London roof tops. These images show the project during various stages of its construction which is due to complete at the end of November 2016.

We are pleased to share that North Vat has made the long list for the WAN House of the Year award 2016. This is World Architecture News’ most competitive and longest running award category. The award is a ‘celebration of the most ambitious and inspiring projects that have been designed by architects across the globe’. The short list will be published in late October with the winner announced on 1st of November. Click here to read more about the project.

Rodić Davidson Architects are excited to have been nominated for two awards for North Vat in Dungeness. Winners of the Sunday Times British Homes Awards and the Manser Medal will be announced at a combined ceremony in October. North Vat previously won a RIBA South East Regional Award 2016 and has been long-listed for the RIBA House of the Year 2016. Read about the project on our website here

We are excited to announce that our Suffolk farmhouse redevelopment project received Planning and Listed Building Consent in July. The historic farmstead dates from the 17th Century; incorporating a Grade II listed farmhouse and Suffolk Barn.  Our heritage consultant describes the farmhouse as ‘a rare survival of an early farm building with a skillful and complex timber-framed structure’ (Purcell, 2015). Both buildings currently stand derelict and in poor state of repair. Rodić Davidson Architects were asked to develop a scheme that seeks to create a single family house complex; combining, extending and converting the existing agricultural and listed building elements. This includes the conversion of the Suffolk barn into a private gallery, which will allow the display of the extensive art work and objects collected during the family’s residence abroad. The farmhouse will be interlinked to the barn and new kitchen pavilion and the new living room annexes via a light-weight…

Ian and Stephanie had a successful site meeting for our Middlefield project this morning. We think the 'office' and 'boardroom' are particularly charming.  

Rodić Davidson Architects held an open studio at our offices in Pied Bull Yard, Bloomsbury on Saturday 11th June, as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Many guests visited us throughout the day, some of whom had been following the London Festival of Architecture itinerary, some of whom wanted to visit us specifically and some of whom were just passing. All were equally welcome. Local artist Albany Wiseman gave a lunchtime drawing lesson outside in the courtyard which was well attended.

A Planning Application has been made on a property very close to us to convert from a hairdressing salon (A1) to dog grooming salon (Suis Generis). There is something about this that we find amusing.

Rodic Davidson Architects have won a RIBA South East Regional Award for North Vat, a black timber-clad house built on the desolate shingle of Dungeness in Kent. The jury commended the intimate relationship between designers and the resultant, finely-judged balance of high architecture and comfortable beach living, calling North Vat 'one of the best' of the collection of architect-designed houses in Dungeness. Read about the project on our website here

Rodić Davidson Architects, acting for developer Capus Land LLP, have submitted a planning application for a contemporary new-build apartment scheme in a conservation area in the heart of Kensington. The proposal seeks to create five apartments on a complex site within a rich historic context. The scheme takes key references from neighbouring properties; developing the existing rhythm of the street elevation, whilst providing a modern understanding of the surrounding Arts and Crafts heritage. The design responds to the deep site which is enclosed by neighbouring properties and gardens. To protect neighbours’ views and sense of privacy, the proposed apartments are inward facing and arranged around generous courtyards. These courtyards further provide the scheme with an abundance of natural light and amenity space. Images by Hayes Davidson

We're excited to have North Vat, Dungeness shortlisted for the RIBA South East 2016 Award. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at the Ascot Racecourse on April 28th. Click here to read more about our project

We've had a good start to 2016. Here are some images of what we've been up to: Artist Albany Wiseman came and gave us a drawing class over a glass of wine or whisky. We'll be having these every other week. Michael Driver from the Brick Association came and gave us one of our most interesting CPDs. Great to see someone with so much passion. We learnt a lot. Siniša has been discovering the wonders of virtual reality. We couldn't be a real Architecture studio without a 'uniform' - this week it was plaid shirts! We've been busy designing furniture for our newly refurbished basement. Watch this space. Our projects have kept us busy with lots of internal design crits. And finally we have a newly hand painted sign on our new studio. Starting to get settled in!  

Rodic Davidson Architects have won planning consent for a new build 6 storey development consisting of 8 self-contained apartments with a ground and lower ground floor bar/restaurant in Southwark. The front façade of the building is designed to be a subtle bridge between its two immediate neighbours, first continuing along the same plane as its adjoining neighbour, then stepping forward in line with the other. The front façade will be built from brick ranging from dark brown to sand in colour mediating between the differing brick colours of its neighbours.  The cladding has dark bronze panelling that is quietly expressed as a secondary material separating the two brick elements. The roof will be in tiles to match the brick colour and detailed to a minimal junction with a concealed gutter thereby articulating the two building volumes as sinuous surfaces, intertwined to achieve a sense of continuity between them and make…

We are pleased to be shortlisted for the WAN Small Project Award with our Cambridge Garden Studio and Workshop. Judges Naomi Migram said our project was "An elegant solution to a typical garden shed".  And Carl Turner "A beautifully crafted project to tell a story about a family legacy". Read more about the project here. Link to WAN Awards here.  

Construction work is now underway to create a new family house in the Ladbroke Conservation Architecture Area in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. We are retaining the front façade and the party walls, behind which everything else is new.

Our black timber house, North Vat in Dungeness, has been featured on Dezeen. Link to Dezeen article here Link to the project here

We are mid-way through the conversion of two large properties in Kensington into nine apartments. Construction began in early 2015 and following completion of the structural work late last year fit-out work is now progressing to complete the development. Our scheme creates contemporary lateral front-to-rear apartments. Each will benefit from a lightwell in the centre of the building providing natural light to rear rooms, provided with comfort cooling and high specification acoustic treatment to windows to the street.  Eight apartments are accessible via a new lift as well as a reconfigured staircase with access via a private walkway at the back of the building.