Archive for March 2018
Client of the Month: Rajiv’s Quest to Build the Perfect Home Office
Rajiv’s home is St. John’s Wood has everything: work and living spaces on the ground floor, two basement floors for relaxation and leisure and upper floors dedicated to bedrooms. With the project now complete, we caught up with Rajiv to share how he and his wife came up with this adaptable, all-in-one new build. What’s…
Read MoreFrom Rabbit Houses to New Build Homes, Karoline’s Journey in Architecture
Karoline Koch recently joined our team as our new architectural assistant. Her lifelong love of architecture makes her the perfect fit for DGA, so we sat down with her to find out where this passion began and where she’s going to take it. When did you first become interested in architecture? I always knew I…
Read MoreUnder Construction: Nearing Completion on Our Barnes Basement
Our extension, renovation and full-plan basement in the Castelnau Conservation Area in Barnes is nearing its final stages, turning what was once a neglected house into a cutting-edge, beautifully designed contemporary home worthy of its conservation area status. The panorama at the top of the page shows the scale of the enormous temporary roofing which…
Read MorePhilip’s Advice: Design and Build Companies Aren’t Worth the Risk
In my last blog, I wrote about an unfortunate and frustrating situation where one of our clients discovered that a roof extension, built prior to the purchase of their house, was so poorly constructed that it endangered the entire property and had to be condemned. This extension was built by a well-known Design and Build…
Read MoreNew Commission: Sketching a New Contemporary Home in West Sussex
Our clients currently live in a nondescript 1980s detached bungalow in West Sussex, in a private residential estate. The property may be out of date, but the location is timeless, right in the heart of the Chichester Harbour AONB. With fields on their doorstep and a short walk to the waters of Ichenor Reach, our…
Read MorePlanning Approval for a Full Plan Basement in Fulham Conservation Area
Dyer Grimes Architecture is delighted to have received planning approval to excavate a full plan basement beneath an end-of-terrace Victorian property in the Central Fulham Conservation Area. Basements are a contentious issue in tightly packed residential areas such as Fulham, but Hammersmith and Fulham Council were convinced by our stellar track record of ambitious and…
Read MoreGuest Expert: How to Build a Home That’s Lean, Clean and Green
Ross Standaloft is director of Green Tigers Sustainability, and has worked in the field of sustainable building policy and design for more then a decade. Ross and his team have helped many of our projects meet or exceed increasingly tough carbon emission targets, and even build some of the most green homes in the country.…
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