AJ Stories that shook your world in 2011
Architects' Journal piece by Richard Waite on the big stories in architecture in 2011,
Includes Luke's comments on the effect of student fees on Architectures' next generation.
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BD First Look
A feature on our Peabody housing scheme by Oliver Wainwright in Building Design's First Look column.
02.12.2011
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Open Studios 3rd December
We gave 1/2 hour design surgeries from 2-5pm on Saturday 3rd December as part of Open Studios at Great Western Studios.
A piece in FT's How To Spend It "Need to Now" column on the website, by Dominic Lutyens
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1000 x European Architecture
Gap House features in a weighty tome of 1000 projects across Europe built in the last 5 years.
Page 147.
Published by Braun ISBN 978-3-03768087-2
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Architecture Open at the RIBA
Photos of our model of our Greenheath Housing project for Peabody feature in the inaugural RIBA London Architecture open exhibition at 66 Portland Place.
In the first floor gallery from 6th October - 4th November 2011.
Opening times
BBC Breakfast
Luke pops up on BBC breakfast in the Gap House on 31st August 2011.
In a feature on fuel poverty and the best ways of conserving energy and reducing heating bills.
BBC breakfast
Meet the friendly face of architecture
ES Homes & Property article by Philipa Stockley
1/2 hour design surgeries on Saturday 02/07/11 at our new offices, with 2 other practices, with fees going to The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Foundation.
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Kevin McCloud's 10 Greatest Architectural Homes
Mail on Sunday on 27th March 2011
Kevin gives a run down on his 10 Greatest Architectural Homes, with our Gap House at number 7.
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Archetcetera
A feature in Phyllis Richardson's blog on our Gap House on 21/03/11
Phyllis has written several books on contemporary architecture and design and writes this interesting blog.
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Sustainable Housing
An article for "Blue and green tomorrow" by Luke on the realities of designing and building sustainable housing.
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FT Manser Medal Article 05.11.10
Determinedly Modernist - by Edwin Heathcote
Article on the history of the Manser Medal and interview with Michael Manser, including this year's contenders.
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Make mine a Danish
A feature in Berlingske Nyhedsmagasin magazine
on our Gap House by Charlotte Nygaard, in Danish.
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Off The Grid - Dwell
Mind The Gap article by Dominic Bradbury
on our Gap House with photos by Charlie Crane.
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FT How To Spend It Feature
Hidden Assets by Dominic Bradbury April 2010
A feature on how to reuse and make best use of awkward urban sites, including our Gap House.
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"Mind The Gap House" by Anne-Celine Jaeger
Guardian feature 20.03.2010
Feature for the Weekend Magazine concentrating on the planning and conservation area impact of the building.
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Elle Decoration March 2010
Space plus
How to add light and space to your home
A supplement with Architects' top tips with a photo of our Portobello Road project and a quote from Luke.
Architecture 09
RIBA Buildings of the Year
A book published by Merrell, edited by Tony Chapman, on the RIBA awards for 2009. Featuring a nice write up and photos of our Gap House as Manser Medal winner.
ISBN 978-1-8589-4490-6
Available from the RIBA bookshop
"A gap big enough for a family" by Philippa Stockley
Evening Standard Homes & Property 18.11.2009
Includes an interview with Luke and Charlotte about living in our Gap House plus a 'get the look' section.
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Evening Standard Stirling Prize Article
A review of the RIBA Stirling Prize winner and Manser Medal winner 2009.
A feature by Philippa Stockley on Rogers, Stirk Harbour's Maggie Centre and our Gap House.
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Manser Medal Winner 2009
Our Gap House has won the RIBA Manser Medal for best housing project designed by an architect in the UK, announced at the Stirling Prize dinner on 17.10.09.
Michael Manser, former RIBA president said "Once again the Manser Medal has been
won by an intelligent, simple, practical, high-quality design that
makes most of the housebuilding industry look inadequate."
Valerie King of sponsors the Rooflight Company said: “Overall
the most impressive aspect of the design is its level of skill, imagination and practicality in creating a series of apparently generous spaces, despite all the constraints of overlooking, conservation policies and initially hostile residents association. The result is a comfortable home in a great piece of architecture.”
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Wallpaper*
Wallpaper* features Gap House
As part of an edition on London Open House on 19th/20th September 2009, there's an article with interactive floor plans of our Gap House.
Gap House interactive floor plans
John Lewis Magazine Feature
Launch Issue article on Gap House catchily titled "Building The Future", September 2009.
A feature by Rachel Loos with interviews with Luke & Charlotte about building and living in our Gap House.
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A Narrow Victory
Feature in Sunday Telegraph Supplement 14.09.09
Interviews discussing the trials and tribulations of building your own home, along with Luke's 5 top tips.
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Open House London 2009
We gave guided tours of our Gap House and Portobello Road as part of London Open House.
Feature in Mail on Sunday 14.09.2009
Open House 2009
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20 Best Cottages For Christmas
An article in the Sunday Times on 14.09.09
Our workshop in Badingham project is included as a design conscious Christmas get away.
Book through Best of Suffolk.
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Gap House wins RIBA Award
Our Gap house has just won an RIBA Award. Hooray!
Announced at a ceremony at Westminster Academy.
There were 28 winners in the London Region.
To see the other winners please use the link below (residential section at the bottom).
RIBA London Award Winners 2009
Exhibition at New London Architecture
Gap House in NLA exhibition at Store Street, WC1E 7BT
Our Gap House features in an exhibition of RIBA London award winners in the lower ground floor of NLA from Monday 15th June to 31st July 2009
NLA website
Article in Low Energy Buildings Bulletin - June 2009
Article by Luke on Planning and Sustainability
Planning for Sustainability - Low Carbon, High Bureaucracy.
Discussing the issues in delivering low energy buildings through the planning process.
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Contemporary Westminster Exhibition
Gap house features in an exhibition of new architecture within Westminster since 2000.
Exhibition features 50 buildings to celebrate Westminster's Year Of Design, 3rd - 28th March 2009.
NLA website
Tour of an eco house
A video tour of our Gap House for Washington Post's green website Sprig.com
Luke takes you on a tour of our Gap House. Shot and edited by Roisin Timoney.
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Reader Project
Move or Improve? magazine, January 2009
A feature article on our refurbishment project on Portobello Road, London.
Move or Improve website
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Visions of the future in the city
architecture supplement, The Independent, 10 July 2008
An article on being an architect in London, with an interview with Luke.
Independent website
Seeing The Light
Homes and Property, The Evening Standard, 2 July 2008
A feature, by Katie Law, on our project on Portobello Road in Notting Hill, London.
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Narrow Victory
Grand Designs magazine, July 2008
A cover story and feature on Pitman Tozer's eco house, including an interview with Luke.
Grand Designs Magazine website
Grand Designs Eco House Of The Year 2008
Grand Design Live, Channel 4, 8 May 2008
Our Gap House was one of three finalists for Eco House of the Year 2008 and subject to the rigors of a public phone vote on live TV. We lost to a self build house in Wales. Ho hum.
Channel 4 Grand Designs website
Myspace feature
'myspace' design, Issue 12, Spring/ Summer 2008
An article on Pitman Tozer's Gap House project, London.
'myspace design' website
Shapes of hope
Financial Times, 26 April 2008
An article by Edward Heathcote on the 'Des Res' exhibition featuring Pitman Tozer's Gap House.
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Des Res: London's Housing Challenge Exhibition
New London Architecture, 24 April - 14 June 2008
An exhibition at New London Architecture Centre, featuring our Gap House.
NLA website
Eco house, London
de Architect, Issue 4, April 2008
An article by Will Jones on Pitman Tozer's Gap House for de Architect, published in the Netherlands.
de Architect website
A lean, green, mean living machine
Building Design, 25 February 2008
A feature by Tony McIntyre on Pitman Tozer's Gap House.
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The eight foot wide sustainable house
Building, 30 January 2008
An on-line review of our Gap House.
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Gap House on TV
Grand Designs Trade Secrets, More 4, 23 January 2008
A television programme looking at awkward sites and how to tackle them, including our Gap House and an interview with Luke.
More 4 website
One Planet
BBC World Service, 21 June 2007
A radio interview with Luke Tozer about the ground source heat pump providing the heating in our Gap House.
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Heating that harnesses the Earth's energy
Daily Telegraph, 19 June 2007
A article by David Waller, featuring Pitman Tozer's Gap House.
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Pitman Tozer Architects in London
Eco Tech, Issue 15, May 2007
A news article on our Gap House, looking at its Eco features.
Debate: Are the changes to planning rules good for architects?
Building Design, 25 May 2007
An article by Luke about changes to planning legislation.
Ground Force: The eco-house
The Independent, 26 April 2007
An article by Julia Stewart on Pitman Tozer's Gap House under construction.
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Relight my fire
the Guardian Space, Autumn Handbook 2006
An interview with our clients, Alex & Naomi, about our conversion of The Workshop, Badingham.
Plymouth revamp
Building Design, 13 September 2002
A news article on Wickham van Eyck and Pitman Tozer's project to redevelop Armada Way, Plymouth.