Space Shifters at Hayward Gallery

Following the success planning approval

for Argent Related's Tottenham Hale

scheme, RUFFARCHITECTS are proud to present

their competition winning Pavilion scheme

We're looking forward to our RUFFARCHITECTS

 Christmas studio day out! This year we're visiting the

 newly refurbished Hayward Gallery at the Southbank, to see the Space Shifters exhibition, featuring various

site-specific artworks such as the iconic and

immersive 20:20 by Richard Wilson

Our residential project at Wetherill Road has now reached practical completion! Here's a sneak peek at some photos we took while visiting the site with photographer Rob Parrish to take some photos of the finished project - we can't wait to see the final images

We have recently been appointed by City of London to provide design proposals for an educational space inside Tower Bridge's South Tower. Working directly with the City of London, the new learning centre will be designed to make the most of its location, encouraging curiosity and provoking a sense of place

We have recently submitted for listed building consent on our Coach House project at Greenwich Park, Blackheath, adapting this Grade II Listed structure, which dates from the early 18th century, into a private residential property

RUFFARCHITECTS were delighted to see our Wakehurst project highlighted in The Sunday Times Home section on what to do if you had £10,000 to spend on your home - and in great company too! Read more about the project and our bespoke joinery piece here

We have been working on feasibility proposals for the refurbishment and extension of an existing 13 storey tower and the provision of a new low rise building at Stockwell Park, utilising modular construction to allow a flexibility for the external facades and internal proportions

RUFFARCHITECTS are excited to announce that we are working on the next stage of Frinton-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club’s future. We have made key changes to the internal configuration of the building, often referring to historic layouts and plans

RUFFARCHITECTS have submitted design proposals on behalf of a high profile commercial client to the local authority to provide state of the art new facilities for their London Headquarters at Medius House, in Soho

We have been working on our Article 25 10x10 piece "A Study of Scripted Emotion", a large-scale framed artwork and an accompanying film piece documenting the processes of making the artwork, which will be on display as part of this year's live auction. Read more about our artwork here

Our beautiful Maxlight bay window is currently being installed at our Wetherill Road project in

Muswell Hill, North London. The final steps of the project now being completed - follow our progress and see more site photos from the project here

The  external meranti cladding is being put in place

at Church Road, our extension and remodelling project in the Highgate Conservation Area, with

the project now very near it's final completion. More photos from site can be found here

Surbiton Hill Road

Work is progressing on our project at Garden Close, overlooking Putney Heath. This internal remodeling and redesign of an existing garage into a bedroom with ensuite, will be extended outwards on to the rear elevation overlooking the garden.

Work has begun on site at our project at Surbiton Hill Road! RUFFARCHITECTS produced a series

of the interior concepts for this three unit residential scheme in Surbiton

RUFFARCHITECTS are delighted to have been asked to take part in this year's Article 25 10x10 live auction, for the fourth consecutive year. We've looked to capture the emotion, energy and everchanging nature of our allocated square on Wardour Street,  pre- and post- the Elizabeth Line.

RUFFARCHITECTS are now looking for talented Part-II or Part-III architects to join our growing architectural practice in Soho, London. For further details on how to apply, check our our recruitment page here

Work is progressing well on site at our

Zealand Road project, our renovation and contemporary glass extension on a Victorian terraced home in  East London. Site photos from our Zealand Road project can be found here

The structural openings are now complete and ready for the fitting of our Maxlight windows at our light-filled extension at Wetherill Road in Muswell Hill - follow our progress on site here

Summer Studio Trip - Oxford

Education Centre

What a beautiful day for our RUFFARCHITECTS Summer studio trip to Oxford! We did a walking tour of the city, from Christ Church and the Ashmolean Museum to the Radcliffe Camera, and the stunning Sheldonian Theatre by Christopher Wren built in 1669

The skim is being applied during the final

stages of plastering at the kitchen at

Church Road, part of a wider contemporary

house extension and interior remodelling

project in Highgate, North London

En route to Oxford for our Summer Studio trip, we used the train journey to brainstorm and workshop some initial design ideas together for a really exciting new education centre we've been invited to submit design proposals for

Coach House

Work is progressing significantly on site at our

Wetherill Road project - the timber frame for the extension is now in place, and the screed has been installed! Find more information, and more site photos from our Wetherill project here

Work has begun on site on our project at Zealand Road - an exciting, contemporary extension constructed of Reglit semi translucent glass plank, in the heart of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets conservation area

RUFFARCHITECTS have now submitted plans to Royal Greenwich Council for our exciting refurbishment and remodelling of a Grade III listed 16th Century Coach House

Lots of progress to be seen on site at our Church Road project in North London. The roof-lights and plaster boards are now in place, giving shape to the interior of this contemporary house extension in the heart of the Highgate Conservation Area

Construction work  is nearing practical completion at Dora Carr Close, 19 terrace houses of two and three storey with a striking varied roof profile, which we are delivering as executive architects for

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, in Oxford

RUFFARCHITECTS are looking forward to our Summer Studio Trip to Oxford in July. As part of the trip, we'll be checking out the America's Cool Modernism exhibition at the Ashmolean, featuring works by Edward Hopper and Georgia O'Keeffe

Work is now officially complete on our project at

Westlands Drive in Oxford, with tenants now occupying this social housing scheme we delivered as executive architects for Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Work has now begun on site at Wetherill Road, an extension and refurbishment project in Muswell Hill, providing a soft integration with the mature garden through the use of both timber and clerestory windows

Work is progressing well at our project at

Church Road, a contemporary house extension and interior remodelling, in the heart of the Highgate Conservation Area

Coach House

Young Architect of the Year Award - AYAs

RUFFARCHITECTS are excited to begin developing scheme designs on the refurbishment of the coach house at Point House, overlooking Greenwich Park, to transform this Grade II listed building into a family home

We were so proud to be shortlisted for Young Architect of the Year at the BD Architect of the Year Awards recently. We had a fantastic night at the Awards, and it was a great opportunity to meet the other shortlisted practices!

We're excited about reaching final stages before practical completion at Dora Carr Close, a

19 terrace house scheme we are delivering

as executive architects for

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, in Oxford

BD Young Architect of the Year Award

RIBAJ Rising Star

We spoke to Building Online about our aspirations and ambitions at RUFFARCHITECTS, as well as the challenges facing young practices today, as part of their feature on the Young Architect of the Year shortlist - read the full article here

RUFFARCHITECTS spoke to the RIBA Journal about testing to breaking point, "designing to fail" and why failing should not always be seen as a negative, as part of their series on the RIBAJ Rising Stars. Read the full feature here

We were very proud to receive a commendation

for our East Street project in the Old and New Category at this year's Architectural Review MIPIM Future Projects Awards in Cannes

Battersea

Work is progressing well at our project at

Church Road, a contemporary house extension and interior remodelling, in the heart of the Highgate Conservation Area

We're excited about reaching final stages before practical completion at Westlands Drive, a social housing scheme we are delivering as executive architects for Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, in Oxford

RUFFARCHITECTS are just back from a

factory tour to Northern Italy, showing BPSDC

our initial mock ups for the bathroom pods

at Battersea Power Station

Worple Road

RUFFARCHITECTS were delighted to receive a copy of

the London Festival of Architecture 2017 review,

featuring our Family Drawing Event held in

June. We look forward to taking part again and

have just submitted our proposal for this

year's LFA Open Studios programme

RUFFARCHITECTS have received planning permission from Hounslow Council for our project at Worple Road! This project features a single storey rear and roof extension, along with roof lights on the front facing slope

RUFFARCHITECTS are now looking for talented Part-II or Part-III architects to join our growing architectural practice in Soho, London. For further details on how to apply, check our our recruitment page here

BD Young Architect of the Year Award

RUFFARCHITECTS are excited to announce that our McLeod Road project will feature in the Architectural Review MIPIM Future Projects Awards Catalogue, in the Residential Category. We look forward to the awards on March 14th in Cannes

We are delighted to announce that

RUFFARCHITECTS have been shortlisted for the

BD Young Architect of the Year Award! Congratulations to the other shortlisted practices - we are looking forward to the awards on April 18th!

Work has begun on site at Berkeley House, a commercial office space in Finchley, as part of building upgrade works and remodelling of the WCs, lift lobbies and

reception areas

Check out new photos by architectural photographer

Rob Parrish of our project at Wakehurst Road, where we have created a feature wall and bespoke joinery piece, with various storage and display possibilities

RUFFARCHITECTS are delighted to announce that our East Street project has been chosen to feature in the Architectural Review MIPIM Future Projects Awards Catalogue, in the Old & New Category. Read more about our featured project here

RUFFARCHITECTS have developed a concept scheme for Marlborough House, a commercial office space in Finchley, as part of building upgrade works and remodelling of the property

RUFFARCHITECTS were excited to attend

the Don't Move, Improve! 2018 exhibition at the NLA.

Our project, 106 St Margarets, featured in both the display and the catalogue. Read more about

our project here

Work has begun on site at our project at

Church Road, a contemporary house extension and interior remodelling, in the heart of the Highgate Conservation Area

THE RIBA Journal hosted a fantastic and fascinating round table this month for the RIBAJ Rising Stars 2017. It was great opportunity to catch up with the rest of the Rising Stars, for some really interesting discussions

Field Trip - The V&A

We had a fantastic time at our RUFFARCHITECTS Christmas studio day out at The V&A, and finally had the opportunity to check out the beautiful AL_A designed Exhibition Road project

We spoke to the RIBA Journal about the benefits of modular construction and new ways of working at November's Rising Star Winners Party. Read more on Paul's Rising Star profile here

RUFFARCHITECTS are delighted to be featured in the Don't Move, Improve! 2018 selection. See our project, 106 St Margarets, in the the Don't Move, Improve! exhibition at New London Architecture from January 25th 2018 and read more about our project here

We had a fantastic evening at the Article 25 Live Auction at the RIBA - here's our artwork going under the hammer! We were delighted to help raise funds for Article 25 and its fantastic architectural projects. Read more about our project, created with photographer Rob Parrish, here

Work is now complete on our project at

Wakehurst Road, where we have created a feature wall and bespoke joinery piece, with various storage and display possibilities, along with the removal of dining room chimney breast

We were delighted to attend the RIBA Journal Rising Star Winners party at AHMM's White Collar Factory, to celebrate with the 9 other finalists. Read more about the evening's celebrations here

Absolutely delighted to be nominated and now announced as one of the RIBA Journal

Rising Stars cohort for 2017, alongside some

extremely talented individuals! Take a look at

 Paul’s full Rising Star profile here

We are busy working on our Article 25 10x10 project in Stratford with photographer, Rob Parrish here shooting a London 2012 Olympic torch on top of the 10 metre diving board at the London Aquatics Centre! More info on our project can be found here

Terrace A is up two weeks ahead of schedule at Dora Carr Close and our SIPS panels are now in place -  to view more site photos from the AHMM designed scheme in Oxford click here

Field Trip - Rachel Whiteread

Work is progressing at a phenomenal rate at Dora Carr Close. RUFFARCHITECTS are delivering as executive architects this Allford Hall Monaghan Morris designed 19 terrace house scheme in Oxford

Our latest RUFFARCHITECTS studio visit brought us to Tate Britain to see the Rachel Whiteread exhibition. Whiteread uses industrial materials such as plaster, concrete, resin, rubber and metal to cast everyday objects and architectural space which has got our imaginations going!

RUFFARCHITECTS were very excited to see how

our 106 St Margarets project fared within the House category at the Architect's Journal

Retrofit Awards - we had a really great night. To read more about our shortlisted project, click here

RUFFARCHITECTS have received planning permission from Barnet Council for our project at Wetherill Road! This extension provides a soft integration with

the mature garden through the use of both

timber and clerestory windows

With both projects now at Planning stage, we've been exploring the contrasts in materials on our Wetherill Road and Zealand Road projects - using charred timber and Reglit glass

Dora Carr Close Phase 2 is progressing well with

the foundations and the floors emerging from

the ground for the 19 terrace houses, in front

of the Phase 1 community centre at our

site in Oxford

RUFFARCHITECTS have just received planning permission from Haringey Council for our next stage

at Church Road, a contemporary house in the heart

of the Highgate Conservation Area. Read more

about the project here

The roof steel is in place at our Westlands Drive project! Located just outside Oxford, and providing 100% social rented housing, this three storey residential block is split into two distinct masses with a covered

external courtyard

RUFFARCHITECTS have received planning permission for our project at Zealand Road - a contemporary extension constructed of semi translucent glass planks within a London Borough of Tower Hamlets conservation area

Work has completed on our project at

Horseshoe Crescent, featuring a high-spec kitchen

and bespoke joinery throughout the ground

floor - see our latest photos from architectural

photographer Rob Parrish here

For our most recent RUFFARCHITECTS gallery visit

we went to Pace Gallery to see From Time to Time - a stunning exhibition spanning sculpture, drawing, painting and installation, by Memphis design group co-founder Nathalie Du Pasquier

Work is progressing at a great pace on site at

Westlands Drive,  a residential scheme on Oxford

providing 100% social rented housing - check

out our latest site photos here

We are delighted to announce that RUFFARCHITECTS have been shortlisted for an Architects' Journal Retrofit Award for 106 St Margarets - click here to see more images of our shortlisted project

Excited to see our galvanized  bridge structures being lifted into place on site at Westlands Drive  in Oxford - click here for more photos from our most recent site visit

As part of our LFA 2017 Open Studio Family Drawing event, architectural photographer Rob Parrish created a time-lapse video documenting  both the event itself and the mural as it developed. Click here to view more images from the day!

The walls in our studio were brought to life with an innovative perception of our city’s architectural landmarks, as we invited the public to add to our historic London skyline mural, illuminating the entire RUFFARCHITECTS studio!

We opened up our studio to the wider architectural community to join us for after work drinks on 9th June, as part of LFA Open Studios programme in Fitzrovia - a unique event for the public to explore our studio and go behind the scenes at our practice.

RUFFARCHITECTS have developed scheme designs that are now being appraised ahead of a planning review for a key corner site in the Hackney Conservation Area.

We're very excited to see work progressing so fast at Westlands Drive in Oxford  - click here to see our photos from our most recent site visit

As part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture, RUFFARCHITECTS will be opening the doors of our studio for a series of events and activities for LFA Open Studios! Click here to find out more about our Open Studios event on June 10th

We're working with a specialist joiner to create

a bespoke joinery piece with storage and display possibilities for our project at Wakehurst Road - take a look at our workshop photos here

Field Trip - The Japanese House

Work is progressing on our project at

Wetherill Road, a wholescale ground floor and first

floor refurbishment providing the owner

with a dramatic change to their home, which

they have lived in for the last 15 years

Our latest RUFFARCHITECTS gallery visit

brought us to the Barbican to see

The Japanese House: Architecture And

Life After 1945 - a fascinating survey

of postwar architecture  and design in Japan

Work is progressing on site at Westlands Drive

in Oxford, a residential scheme providing 100% social rented housing - check out our most

up-to-date designs here

Talk - The Architect Pitch

We spoke to Rob Kingston at The Sunday Times about how we used celerestory windows to integrate the park next to our project at 106 St Margarets - click here to read the  full article!

Very proud to be part of latest Architect Pitch with

Archiboo  for a great developer, HUB Group UK - well done to Francesco Draisci and

Draisci Studio!

We're developing design concepts for

Wakehurst Road - to create a feature wall

and bespoke joinery pieces

We spoke to Archiboo to tell them a bit more about our practice, ahead of  The Architect Pitch on

April 27th with HUB Group UK

We spoke to Hugh Graham at The Sunday Times about the importance of making sense of a floor plan when buying or selling a house - read the article here!

Work on the high-spec kitchen at

Horseshoe Crescent is progressing well - take

a look at the progress here

RUFFARCHITECTS are now on Twitter!

Check us out on @RUFFARCHITECTS and make

sure to follow us to keep up to date on all

our latest news

We are currently working on the second phase

of the Dora Carr Close development, providing

19 terrace houses of two and three storeys

with a varied roof profile

We're excited to announce that RUFFARCHITECTS

will be one of seven practices presenting at

The Architect Pitch on April 27th to pitch to housing developer HUB Group UK

News

RUFFARCHITECTS have been accepted to take part in this years London Festival of Architecture Open Studios. We will be opening the doors of our studio to family, friends, children and the wider architectural community, on June 9th and 10th!

We are back in Cannes for the 2nd year running - in great company at the London MIPIM stand - thanks to the RIBA London for having us!

Work is progressing well on site at

Westlands Drive in Oxford, a residential

scheme providing 100% social rented housing

Field Trip - Do Ho Suh Exhibition

Garden Close

We are going to MIPIM 2017, are you? If so, get in touch - we look forward to meeting you there!

We  recently visited Victoria Miro Gallery and were given a guided tour of the Passage/s exhibition by Do Ho Suh, an ethereal fabric corridor modelled on his homes and studios around the world, occupying the 25-metre long gallery space

Work is progressing on Garden Close, the ambitious

refurbishment of a beautiful single storey 1960s

architect designed house, located

in the centre of Putney Heath

Zealand Road

Field Trip - Zaha Hadid Exhibition

 We're developing design concepts for

Zealand Road, a contemporary extension constructed of semi translucent glass planks creating a tempered internal environment that changes with the time of day and season of the year

We really enjoyed taking part in the PechaKucha event at the Surface Design Show, along with a great line-up of speakers, including Chris Dyson, Elly Ward,

Henning Stummel, David Howarth,

and Timo Haedrich

We made our way the  Zaha Hadid: Early Paintings and Drawings exhibition at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery. The Gallery was renovated by Zaha Hadid Architects in 2013 to create new gallery spaces, adding a curving cafe and events space

Career

Old Park Road

96 St Margarets Road

We are currently recruiting for a

Part III Architect - check our recruitment

page for further details on how to apply

New photos of  the completed bathroom at

Old Park Road are now online - take a look!

Check out new photos by architectural photographer

Rob Parrish of 96 St Margarets, a contemporary

remodelling of the ground floor of a Victorian

terrace house

McLeod Road

Field Trip - Design Museum

Career

Scheme designs for McLeod Road, a key Crossrail 2 site in Abbey Wood, are progressing well, as are key stake-holder meetings - looking forward to further updates in early 2017!

Our Christmas outing took us to the newly opened Design Museum at its new John Pawson-designed home in the former Commonwealth Institute on Kensington High Street

We are currently recruiting for a

Part III Architect - check our recruitment

page for further details on how to apply

Housing Study in Metal & Wood

Horseshoe Crescent

Housing Study in Metal & Wood

Our artwork was one of the centre pieces at the Article 25 Live Auction, held at the RIBA, along with key pieces from Antony Gormley and David Adjaye, we  helped in raising much needed funds for Article 25

Horseshoe Crescent receives planning permission, to remodel and refurbish the existing ground floor of this detached 2-storey family home

Our artwork, Housing Study In Metal & Wood, inspired by one of the last social housing schemes to be designed by LB Lambeth, has been selected as one of the centre pieces at the Article 25 Annual 10x10 Live Auction

High Street

News

Canto Court

Work begins on site at High Street, an impressive and substantial remodelling of both the ground and first floors of a mid terrace property in Hampton Wick

We spoke to Hugh Graham

of The Sunday Times Home about the importance  of innovative storage walls and broken-plan

living when creating the perfect family home

Work begins on site at Canto Court, situated on

Old Street at the heart of Silicon Roundabout, the new technological centre of London

Canto Court

Sulgrave

Field Trip - Tate Modern

Canto Court student accommodation scheme receives planning permission for a full internal and external refurbishment

Work begins on site at Sulgrave Road, the remodelling of an existing three storey Edwardian House in Hammersmith

The studio headed to Tate Modern to visit the new Switch House designed by Herzog and de Meuron,

a ten-storey tower situated at the southeast corner of the former Bankside Power Station.

Park Road

Career

News

Park Road receives planning permission

We are currently recruiting for a

Part II Architect - check our recruitment

page for further details on how to apply

RUFFARCHITECTS has a new home! We've moved into our new studio on the corner of Wardour Street and Oxford Street, in the heart of bustling Soho

Westlands Drive

Italiana Sapori

Career

We are now assisting with 21 residential flats in Westlands Drive, Oxford, providing a mixture of shared ownership, social housing and private rental in a three storey residential block

Our first Manchester job, an exciting retail fit out for a restaurant on the busy Station Approach next to Manchester Piccadilly Station

We are currently recruiting for a

Part I Architect - check our recruitment

page for further details on how to apply

High Street

News

Southborough Road

High Street in Hampton Wick receives

planning permission

We are going to MIPIM 2016, are you?

Southborough Road, the remodelling of an existing four storey property in Hackney, gets planning permission

News

Canto Court

Circle on Steel

We really enjoyed our visit to the

University of Portsmouth to give a lecture about

our emerging practice, and how we focus on

materials and light within our projects

We are excited to be working on the conversion

of Canto Court - transforming the 164 self-contained studios, communal areas and restaurant facilities into a key destination for the iconic Old Street area

Our artwork, Circle on Steel, is currently on display

in the RIBA President Jane Duncan's office

at 66 Portland Place

106 St Margarets

News

East Street

106 St Margarets is complete! Check out new

photographs of this family home adjacent

to Moormead Park, from architectural

photographer Rob Parrish

Check out our feature as New Practice

in The Architects' Journal, the latest in a series

of practice profiles looking at those who have

recently decided to go it alone

We are proud to be working on an 18,000 sq.ft retail space and 100 Residential Units in Barking with the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Council

News

News

Circle on Steel

We are currently recruiting for a

Part III Architect - check our recruitment

page for further details on how to apply

We spoke to Hugh Graham of The Sunday Times Home about the current trends in brickwork, feature walls and the rise in popularity of bespoke bricks

Our artwork, Circle on Steel is ready to be

installed at the RIBA for the Article 25 10x10

Auction tonight

Vertical Delight

106 St Margarets

Old Park Road

We were invited to participate as an emerging

new architectural practice to design an installation

in the seven storey atrium space at the ARUP Headquarters,  No.8 Fitzroy Street, London

Work begins at 106 St Margarets, the contemporary remodelling of the ground floor of an end of terrace Victorian house. Check out photos of the progress on site here!

Old Park Road gets planning permission

London Clay

News

Article 25 10 x 10 Auction

We are travelling to Valencia to take part in the London Clay, having been invited as recognised new emerging young designers to contribute to a new tile collection

We spoke to Kate at Studio News about our experience of visiting ISH in Frankfurt, the world leading trade fair for bathroom, building, and renewable energies

We have been invited to participate in this year’s Article 25 charity auction 10×10. The concepts sees London divided into a 10×10 grid, this year following

the River Thames

Career

106 St Margarets

96 St Margarets

We are currently recruiting for a

Part II Architect - check our recruitment

page for further details on how to apply

106 St Margaret gets planning permission

Our concrete worktop has been

installed at 96 St Margarets - check out

the photos here!