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Stones Throw Residence / Mole Architects

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Stone's Throw is an upgrade and extension to a single-story holiday house in Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast, a stone's throw from the sea. The existing house was poorly arranged, with living space tucked into one end and the sunny end of the site dominated by a double garage. The new house now looks back to the sea from a new space towards the sea, from a dramatic room filled with light and views. The high ceiling is broken part way by a triangular rooflight and an angled column that separates the main dining and kitchen from the elevated living space beyond. Central to the space is a block of marble, its color, and pattern reminiscent of a Maggie Hambling painting of the sea, which sits on a floor of end grain woodblock. The old bungalow has been upgraded and transformed into a new light-filled house: a grand house on a modest scale.

The Big Roof Storage and Training Center / Mole Architects + Invisible Studio

Paula Pintos — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000

The arrival of The Big Roof – a new low-carbon, low-energy storage and training center in the Cambridgeshire Fens – has been transformational for Forest School Camps (FSC), improving operations of the nationwide volunteer-run charity that provides educational camps for children.

Ziggurat and Rhomboid Buildings London Design District / Mole Architects

Paula Pintos — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 02:00:00 +0000

Mole Architects has completed two new purpose-built workspace buildings in London’s Design District on Greenwich Peninsula. The newly-created pedestrian quarter, master-planned by HNNA, features 16 architect-designed buildings and establishes a permanent home for creative industries – designers, artists, and makers of all types. The intentionally eclectic assortment of buildings is arranged along and connected by narrow alleyways leading into intimate courtyards and a new market square.

WuduHus House / Mole Architects

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 19 May 2022 02:00:00 +0000

The client commissioned Mole to design their new house in 2017. Retiring from their role as a headteacher in the southwest, they looked for a project to fulfill a lifelong ambition of self-building. A key ambition for the project was to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and minimize expenditure on heating through their retirement. A committed environmentalist, the client chose the plot for proximity via public transport to London, space to grow your own, and the stunning views across the fens.

Marmalade Lane Cohousing Development / Mole Architects

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0000

Marmalade Lane, Cambridge’s first cohousing development, is now complete and welcoming K1 Cohousing members. This comes at a moment when custom-build and community-led housing are being recognized by the government as viable and attractive models for future housing. The development comprises 42 homes – a mix of two- to five-bedroom terraced houses and one- and two-bedroom apartments. Marmalade Lane’s shared spaces and communal facilities, designed to foster community spirit and sustainable living, are integral to the development.

Fijal House / Mole Architects

Daniel Tapia — Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Fijal House is a new family house set within Ely’s central conservation area. The house replaced a garage on land originally intended as an additional plot when the street was laid out in 1905 and now sits between the two Edwardian detached houses. The architectural expression of the brick-clad house is a contemporary interpretation of the Edwardian differentiation between the plain flank walls and the decorative fronts.

The Houseboat / Mole Architects

Cristobal Rojas — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 05:00:00 +0000

The Houseboat is a new house designed for developer Solidspace, located on a site overlooking Poole Harbour. It is based upon a staggered section with a half-basement; this configuration enables an open staircase which allows a house of interconnected volumes rather than rooms- a section that Solidspace explores in all their homes. The house is approached through the trees, and the curved form minimises the actual volume of the house. Once inside the space soars above, with living spaces perched within the two curved spaces, looking out to sea. It’s a breath-taking series of spaces. Internal materials are exposed concrete, timber, encaustic tiles and steel. Externally the black-stained timber larch boards sit above the exposed concrete base. The organic form of the house, together with the staggered section and spectacular site has created a house of originality and delight.

Stackyard House / Mole Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Stackyard is a new-build two-storey rural house neighbouring a Grade II listed farmhouse on the edge of the village of Palgrave in Suffolk. Designed as a new home for a retiring couple it is a modern house with an exposed timber structure, maximum natural light, sustainable features.