Author Archives: studioheo
Model making at its best
Azuma Takemitsu’s tiny house built for his family in 1966. The model is rough and ready but tells you all…
Blog Read Morespiral staircases
A little spiral stair in Italy. Its hard to see how it was built apart from as in-situ concrete but the formwork…
Blog Read Morecampervan storage
Went to the new Tate gallery yesterday and had camper van storage in my head.A peice by Mary Martin who’s work…
Blog Read Moreserpentine pavilion 2016
Designed by BIG this year pavilion is constructed out of fibreglass boxes which in themselves are a bit ugly and…
Blog Read MoreOxford Facade
I like this elevation I saw in Oxford though I’m sure most people think the building is ugly and a…
Blog Read MoreHEPWORTH MUSEUM IN WAKEFIELD
The austerity of the David Chipperfield designed exterior contrasts with the lightness of the interior spaces. Its beautifully resolved and…
Blog Read MoreSite photos of Tyers street-work in progress
The robustness of the construction can be clearly seen and the stairwell emphasises that the building is very tall relative…
Blog Read MoreSwifts
David prepared a full sized drawing as a template for carving by the stone mason Simon Keeley. The Swifts are…
Blog Read MoreSaw the Dazzle boat on the Thames yesterday
Dazzle “consisted of complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colours, interrupting and intersecting each other. It works not by…
Blog Read MoreOpen City 2014
We had very successful day with nearly 100 people coming to see our little project in Greenwich. Thanks so much…
Blog Read MoreThe 2014 Serpentine Pavilion
Designed by Chilean architect Smiljan Radić. “A semi-translucent, cylindrical structure that resembles a shell and rests on large quarry stones…
Blog Read MoreStorm shutters
Crail in Scotland All the windows and doors are doubled up with storm shutters giving the elevations a more lively…
Blog Read MoreSt Monans church.
Perched on the edge of the sea in a wonderful setting, the inside is painted entirely white including the stone…
Blog Read MoreOutside steps
Crail in Scotland External staircases are a common feature of the older houses in the town though no two are…
Blog Read MoreOpen studios in East Dulwich last weekend
Julian Stair’s ceramics studio equipment storage.
Blog Read MoreFour unexpected views of Mayfair
David spent the day doing research for a project taking photographs of Mayfair streets with some…
Blog Read MoreGreek vases in the British museum
I spotted these while I was just wandering around. The pots seem quite crude but the drawings are amazing!
Blog Read MoreVauxhall Cranes
The transformation of Vauxhall where we have both lived for over 25 years is going to be extraordinary! Walking around…
Blog Read MoreSensing spaces at the RA
I loved getting up in the roof of the Pezo von Ellrichshausen installation. The guarding was too high to look…
Blog Read MoreLambeth new build
A sketch for the planning application granted January 2014 for a new build house.
Blog Read Morefacade workings
Working on the façade of a new build house, thinking through door and window details while on the train.
Blog Read MoreSketches for a new build house in Surrey
thinking through ideas of medieval halls and other multi-functional spaces.
Blog Read MoreProposals for Vauxhall new build.
Careful volume and massing studies to find a suitable and appropriate termination of this highly distinctive terrace grouping.
Blog Read MoreSketches of Spain
Spanish ironwork is flowery and exuberant at the same time as having a rational structure which only becomes obvious when…
Blog Read MoreJože Plečnik
Jože Plečnik built this house for himself and his family a short walk form the center of Ljubliana, Slovenia. The…
Blog Read MoreStaircase sketch
This was to explain to the builder a way of using two spare kitchen cabinets by sneaking them under the…
Blog Read MoreBook case/balustrade
We often combine functions for things especially where space is limited. Here the balustrade to the existing attic stair which…
Blog Read MoreCatalan benches
David took these photos on his phone when on holiday in Suterranya the tiny Catalan village in the foothills of…
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Quick 3D models of the sun terrace
We are looking at the design of the sun terrace on the new build house in Vauxhall we are designing….
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