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Sanchez Benton architects

In 2018 the practice won a competition to revitalise the public realm around the southern end of Tower Bridge Road in London. The competition scheme, developed in collaboration with artist Gabriel Kuri, explored the potential to transform an existing raised podium terrace on the edge of the Bricklayer’s Arms roundabout into a public walled garden, and proposed the conversion of a series of neglected lock-up garages at ground level into a thriving community of artist studios. Continue reading Sanchez Benton

Sanchez Benton architects . photos: © Oskar Proctor

In response to a small budget, the project concentrates on the thermal improvement and reconfiguration of a small drafty 1970’s council house in central London, by finding architectural potential in the responses to the required upgrades. All new interventions explore the architectural language of the infrathin, off-the-shelf sheet building materials found in the original house. Wherever possible, materials were retained, adapted and reused to minimise waste and reduce the carbon footprint of the intervention. Continue reading Sanchez Benton