Roger Zogolovitch joined Victoria Hills, Chief Executive of Royal Town Planning institute, Steve Quartermain, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Paul Finch of Architects Journal in the Architecture Club summer debate. With the government announcing the most radical reforms to the UK planning system since World War II as part of the PM’s ‘Project Speed’ plan the debate addressed whether the planning system was working and if it was achieving the right balance between creative place shaping, economics and regulatory control. The debate was chaired by Peter Murray.
Photo: Roger Zogolovitch Shouldn’t we all be developers? … Read more

Last year, Solidspace bought the former duck factory building on 34-40 Eastdown Park, SE13 5HU. Together with our architects, ShedKM, we are preparing a planning application for a new housing development with commercial use on the ground floor. It will replace the previous owner’s planning consent (DC/18/105760), which you might be aware of from past consultations. 
We would welcome your local knowledge of the sorts of commercial uses that you would like to see delivered at the ground floor and hear your views on our proposed scheme. … Read more

Solidspace will be at the Imprint book fair at The Building Centre during the weekend 30th November – 1st December. Come to our stall to get a copy ‘Shouldn’t we all be developers?’, ‘Collected Volumes’ and limited edition copies of the our manifesto – ‘Making it Different’, alongside Solidspace split level living 3d models. Imprint is showcasing a broad and international selection of contemporary publishing exploring the diverse ways people are using printed matter to think and talk about cities. … Read more

Solidspace founder Roger Zogolovitch said that allowing speculators to trade consented sites was eroding trust between developers and local communities at our Small Sites round table in London last week. This BD article captures more of the challenges and opportunities of small site development discussed at the roundtable, including the urge for more partnerships between the public and private sector to deliver housing on small sites. … Read more

The release of small publicly owned sites needs political support and public land made available to enable independent SME developers to rise to the challenge and provide much needed homes for Londoners.
Solidspace is leading a campaign to unlock more of the small sites which are overlooked by volume housebuilders, and suited to independent developers, which could make a huge difference in delivering the number of high-quality new homes so desperately needed. In 2015, Solidspace founder Roger Zogolovitch published his book Shouldn’t we all be developers? … Read more

The Modern House took to The Houseboat with Solidspace founder Roger Zogolovitch for their final instalment of the Masters of Design series, dubbing the project ‘a paragon in split-level living’. You can watch the full feature here. The Houseboat is a single house located on a site overlooking Poole Harbour. It is the winner of a the RIBA Stephen Lawrence Award 2017 and a South West RIBA Award 2017 and has been shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival Awards 2017.
You can find out more about The Houseboat project here. … Read more

Our director Petra Marko has joined this year’s cohort of Design Think Tank Leaders at The London School of Architecture. We believe there is a role for architect-developers and engaging with architecture education from client perspective. Expanding practice beyond the role of architect is vital for the profession to stay relevant and we look forward to support the students in their research and design investigating how to unlock opportunities in the city. … Read more

Our design and brand director Petra Marko was judging this year’s Architecture in Schools – a wonderful Open House initiative engaging children into how architecture can change our world. The awards ceremony took place at Canary Wharf East Wintergarden on Friday night. Well done to all the amazing primary school pupils, teachers and architecture practices! This year’s theme was smart city – with lots of thinking and proposals focusing on how we can create inclusive spaces and reduce impact on our planet. … Read more

Roger Zogolovitch was giving a tour of the Houseboat in the Dorset sunshine as part of the Open House last weekend. The Houseboat is a single house located on a site overlooking Poole Harbour. It is the winner of a the RIBA Stephen Lawrence Award 2017 and a South West RIBA Award 2017 and has been shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival Awards 2017. The design has been conceived as two upturned hulls propping themselves together facing the sea, and is built with an in-situ concrete base and a Douglas Fir timber frame constructed shell. … Read more

Our design and brand director Petra Marko chaired last night’s #infracafe on circular economy at the Skip Garden, Kings Cross, as part of her role on the National Infrastructure Commission’s Young Professionals Panel. The discussion unpicked how strategic policies from the GLA are adopting circular principles for new developments, how NIC’s advice can help shaping policies on waste, and how meanwhile projects can enhance local food production and serve the local community. Speakers included Joseph Henry from GLA, Anna Webster from Interrobang and Rick Wright from the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC). … Read more

Great atmosphere at our focus group session last night hosted at Mowat & Co with Jackdaw Studio where we quizzed people about their experiences of renting and buying in London, what home means to them and how they would imagine living in a split-level Solidspace DNA apartment. The Solidspace DNA is our trademark design concept that arranges spaces for eating, living and working over an open series of half-levels. … Read more

We are delighted 81-87 Weston Street was awarded the ‘Small Scale Housing Awards’ at WAF – the world’s leading architecture festival. The World Architecture Festival 2018 which took place in Amsterdam at the end of November. The festival welcomed a record breaking number of delegates and saw more shortlisted practices present live at the festival than ever before. See all winners here.
For more information about 81-87 Weston Street click here. … Read more