Built in Nunhead in 1931 as a stable for shire horses, we have transformed a derelict bungalow into a handsome and practical 4 bedroom modern home.

Key to the design is light maximisation, space efficiency and beautiful detailing.   Discreet 'light slots’ draw natural light into the ground floor kitchen and shower areas, while the specification includes triple-glazed windows with integral blinds to help regulate the temperature throughout the year.  Steel and cedar fencing and an electrically-powered entrance gate add to the sense of security and seclusion despite the busy surroundings.  Cedar cladding serves to soften the feel of the house.   

With Pineapple Cottage, a stone's throw from the handsome open parkland of Peckham Rye, we took a particularly dowdy cottage of mid 19th century origins and transformed it into a light-filled, airy, space-efficient and energy-efficient modern house.  Details range from zinc clad oriel windows to a slatted internal cedar wall and oak and limestone flooring.  

After 5 years living in Pineapple Cottage, the owners Molly and Rob find it still works beautifully for their growing family:

"When we spotted Pineapple Cottage for sale we thought 'Wow, we'd love to live there'. And we do love living here. 

"Pineapple Cottage is different to most boxy modern homes built by 'developers'. Mellow thought about how to make the use of where it is, the space and the little details. We love that the house is angled to face the park. We love the lights dotted along our stairs, the skylights in our kitchen, the stone floor in our hall that connects to the front yard and the lightwell in our bathroom. We love our doors - how many people can say that?

"We moved in here just after we got married and the house has changed with us. It's now a lovely family home for us and our two children (and the eldest loves doing circuits around the hall, kitchen and living room too)."

We took on this gloomy bungalow because we loved its position near Bellenden Road with its array of charming shops and restaurants and its proximity to one of the best-connected stations in the capital.  And because we love a challenge.

Two years on, a four-bedroom detached house emerges which is contemporary in style, flexible in its layout and green to its core.  The double height glass window in the staircase atrium is a transformational element at the centre of the house, which lends it air and space throughout.   

Generally we work on transforming ugly buildings into beautiful ones, but here we took unused urban land - a gap in a handsome Victorian terrace - and have built a new 5 bedroom family house on the space.    

164a Choumert Road has challenged us to work intelligently with space and light. Using modern and sustainably sourced materials to maximise space and efficiency, we have produced an exciting design, using a thoughtful palette of materials, beautiful build quality and the lowest possible heating bills.

Paddock House and Springbank were designed to fit into a sensitive site in a Conservation Area in Camberwell. A rendered first floor floats above a new brick wall and gates on the back edge of the pavement. This gives coherence to the street, which has suffered from disjointed developments opposite.

The houses have open-plan living areas on the ground floor, which open up to courtyard gardens on three sides. Triple-height staircase atria run the full height of the houses, bringing natural light down into the basements.  The windows to the first floor bedrooms have been placed at the corners, to guide views diagonally and avoid direct overlooking.

True to our core ambition of wanting to make our locality more beautiful and useable through fine design, strong detailing and imaginative use of space, we are undertaking an ambitious plan to restore and convert a redundant 1907 red brick church hall into 9 apartments.

Situated in a conservation area, this once-proud example of municipal Edwardian architecture had been allowed to fall into disrepair and suffered damage from squatters.  Our project will be a sensitive restoration, working with the fabric of the building.  Bespoke fittings, natural materials and carefully curated design will allow our hall to be the centrepiece of local regeneration.