Rob Wilson writes in the April 2018 edition of the AJ, "Ten years in the making, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’s slow-cooked mansion block at Weston Street for Solidspace is the latest of the developer’s signature split-level eat-live-work projects."  "The qualities of its materials and finish and the level of care in the detailing are everywhere evident – from the sharp tracing of timber formwork that mark finely cast concrete walls to the walnut and oak joinery which lines its interiors." "Everywhere there are thoughtful haptic details, like round, oak-flapped ventilation grilles, while some elements reference AHMM’s own design history: a desk sitting above a stair echoes the one they designed for the flat of the journalist Jeremy Melvin in an early project. While these are large flats, their generousness is in the vertical spatial flow – not the lateral spread..." "But, while this was never designed to be some kind…

The RIBA awards have celebrated the best architecture in the UK and around the world for the past 50 years, so it's great that the Houseboat designed with Mole Architects and Rebecca Granger Architects project managing, has been shortlisted this year. The full list of successful projects can be viewed here.  

Journalist, Rowan Moore has reviewed our development at Shepherdess Walk in The Observer on 7 February 2016. He talks of the hidden depths of the project and remarks on the Solidspace DNA form as follows: "Inside, the homes are based on what their developer Roger Zogolovitch calls the “split section”, an idea he has explored on other smallish developments that his company Solidspace has dotted around the capital. This means that you progress up them from half-level to half-level, rather than whole floors at a time, which means that space flows through the building rather than being compartmentalised...The idea is to reflect contemporary ways of living, rather than replicate Victorian hierarchies that have long since disappeared. The arrangement also makes movement through the houses and apartments into imaginative journeys, with continuously changing shapes and proportions, falls of light, relationships of one room or level to another, and of interior to external…

Earlier this month it was announced that the Government has begun the process of identifying plots of land that can be sold to small and medium-sized developers in order to boost the building of new homes. In England, 32 local authorities have already started identifying plots that could be sold with planning permission. The idea will be piloted across five sites in the UK including Old Oak Common in North West London to begin with, in the hope that 30,000 affordable ‘starter homes’ can be built on brownfield sites over the next five years. Roger Zogolovitch, Creative Director of Solidspace, has for many years now championed the role of the small or independent developer to build on gap sites in the city and he has this response to David Cameron’s announcement: “Well done Prime Minister, your Christmas reading of my book ‘Shouldn’t we all be developer?’ has paid dividends. But read…

We have had an overwhelming response to the completion of our latest Solidspace project at Shepherdess Walk, located between Shoreditch and Islington. Designed and developed by Jaccaud Zein Architects, the five apartments and three terraced houses were launched in December 2015 with all homes employing our split-level DNA inside with staggered spaces for eating, living and working. The project has been widely published and you can read the latest reviews in Wallpaper*, Uncube, Architecture Today and the Architects’ Journal. You can join a building tour of Shepherdess Walk by Jaccaud Zein architects on Thursday 28 January at 6.30pm. Further information and tickets are available via this link.

Our new homes currently under construction at Weston Street in the heart of Bermondsey SE1 are now selling off-plan. Designed with our trademark Solidspace split-level DNA inside by RIBA Stirling-prize winning architects, AHMM, these apartments exploit both volume and light creating homes that are spacious and flooded with daylight. All the tessellating apartments face south over the adjacent park with either two or three bedrooms available. We have a dedicated website with further details on all aspects of the project so please do take a look and don’t hesitate to contact Unboxed Homes should you wish to request further information (020 7234 0862).

We are delighted to announce that our stunning new south-facing apartments at Weston Street are now for sale off-plan. This Solidspace development, located moments from the Shard in Bermondsey, overlooks an adjacent park and responds to the conservation area of warehouse buildings in this much sought after area. We are now on site and are scheduled to complete in the Spring of 2017. We have a dedicated website with further information on the project and you can request full detailed information on purchasing an apartment by contacting Unboxed Homes (020 7234 0862).

We hosted a successful preview of our latest project at Shepherdess Walk this week. Created by architects Jaccaud Zein Architects, this is our latest Solidspace project to complete. Designed with our trademark split-level DNA inside, these homes are perfectly located between Shoreditch and Islington. Please contact Jen (020 7234 0862) for details.

As judge at WAF - the World Architecture Festival - in Singapore recently I had the good fortune to see innovative projects from both south East Asia and around the world. The winner of the ‘new and old’ category was People’s Architecture Office for a pre-fab and ‘off grid’ solution to adapting and preserving the historic Hutongs in the Dashilar district of Beijing. Remembering that 70% of these traditional courtyard homes have been lost to new development, their 'plug-in' project, which they have designed, manufactured and installed, allows residents to modernise their ageing homes whilst preserving the existing character of these ancient buildings. It was heartening to see how this project has enabled residents to stay in a place that they know and love and has saved the demolition of an important piece of architectural history. A close contender was the Crane House in Singapore, by architects Ong&Ong. Their project…

This month there are a number of ways to hear more about Solidspace and learn about what we do. Roger will be speaking alongside Marc Vlessing, Founding Director and CEO of Pocket and Finn Williams, architect-turned planner and area manager for the GLA on November 19 November at 6pm at the AA School of Architecture. The event will be chaired by Nicky Gavron, a London-wide Assembly Member and chair of the cross-party Planning Committee. Entitled ’Building for need not greed – who are the house builders of the future?’, this event is free and open to all though attendance will be on a first come first serve basis so please ensure to get there early. New Ideas for Housing, 7 December Our Solidspace Connect project is currently being exhibited at New London Architecture as part of their latest exhibition New Ideas for Housing that explores innovative approaches to solving the UK's housing crisis. Our Connect project looks at the potential…