Peabody, Workwild and PTP Coaching consulted Studio Octopi on the suitability of a new swim site at Birchmere Lake, Thamesmead. The trial went live in July 2023.
Ongoing restoration and extension of the 1932 Grade II Listed lido for Save Grange Lido CBS.
Light-touch designs for improving access to a Scottish tidal pool, demonstrating that it is possible to reconnect communities to the water without excessive cost.
Melbourne non-profit, Yarra Swim, commissioned concept designs for a floating pool to return recreation to the lower Yarra. The designs were exhibited at Australia’s Venice Biennale Pavilion in May 2016.
International competition for a new bath house in Copenhagen. Shortlisted entry. In collaboration with ALA Architects, Helsinki.
New town centre 'horseshoe' pool and facilities on the River Roding in east London.
New public pool located in the historic dock situated between the River Liffey and the commercial district.
Ongoing restoration and extension of Grade II Listed building for the Friends of Carlisle Baths.
A floating pool and water sports centre in Belfast's historic docks. In collaboration with landscape architects Gillespies.
Feasibility study for a floating barge pool in the River Lea, London.
A 40ft open top container pool on a hydrogen fuel truck. In collaboration with artist Amy Sharrocks.
The rebuilding of a lido in south east London. A Spacehive crowdfunding campaign funded a RIBA Stage 2 viability study and business plan.
London's next floating lido.
Phased restoration and extension of an art deco pavilion and tidal pool.
Design of four concept pools for Greater Sydney.
New staircase and adaptation of rooms within a Grade II Listed property built in 1881 and then extended by Modernist architect Oliver Hill in 1914.
Three enclosures for the installation of heat pumps towards the decarbonisation of Plymouth City Council buildings.
10,760 sqft workplace design for media agency in central London.
Invited competition workplace design for leading advertising agency in central London.
Reception and cafe fit-out to celebrate the agency's 40th birthday.
Advertising agency fit-out of a 5,300sqft workspace in central London. Appointment to completion for the fit-out was achieved in only two months.
Winning entry for the design of retail units, cafe and transport office for Newham Council at Stratford Station, London.
Design and roll-out of wellness units.
Invited competition for a new passenger pier on the River Thames.
Extension and refurbishment of a private golf club in Brighton.
Bluespace strategy and pools for a 10,000 home development in east London.
Workspace design for a post production agency in Soho, London.
Advertising agency workplace design based around a 'civic masterplan'
Ongoing design led feasibility study into the commercial and cultural opportunities for this Scottish town's historic harbour.
Shortlisted design for a public art commission in collaboration with Jersey born paper artist Layla May Arthur. The memorial is playful and engaging. But it is also a place to dwell and reflect on the issues it conveys.
Shortlisted designs for a new Visitor Hub at Langley Vale, Surrey. The Woodland Trust competition brief asked for designs that enabled visitors to dwell on site and raise the profile of Langley Vale Wood as a destination for local residents, day visitors and volunteers.
Collaboration with Royal College of Art (RCA) School of Communication students on the design of the pivotal exhibition ‘GraphicsRCA: Fifty years’. The major exhibition revealed the rich history of graphic design at the RCA, illustrating how, for the past half century, the RCA has been at the forefront of all major developments in graphic communication.
Invited competition for a new private school in Sofia, Bulgaria. In collaboration with John McAslan + Partners.
Invited competition for the design of a new contemporary art centre in the former Peckham Road Fire Station. The 430 sqm building is Grade II Listed and one of the earliest surviving examples of a purpose built fire station in London.
A masterplan and new clubhouse for the largest youth cricket club in the UK.
Invited competition for a floating community sports hub and passenger pier at Fulham Reach, London.
Restoration of a 1890s Greek-style amphitheatre in Berkshire.
Fit-out for a charity that provides creative education, training, and employment for young people in Margate, Kent.
This conversion of two Edwardian townhouses into an arts centre.
The National Trust's first permanent contemporary artwork in collaboration with artist Mark Wallinger.
Extension of a seminal Grade II Listed modernist house designed by Patrick Gwynne in 1959.
Three new units on a south east London mews.
Grade II Listed mews house refurbishment.
New build chalet in Chamonix, France. Currently under construction.
New build 3 bedroom family house.
Radical reworking of an existing bungalow in Guildford. Currently under construction.
House and landscape alterations to modernise a 1930s cottage in Surrey.
House refurbishment and extension to a house in a west London conservation area.
Refurbishment and extension of an Arts and Craft house in Sussex.
New build house centred around a Grade II Listed barn in the Green Belt.
Basement and extension to a private house in Battersea, London.
Multi award winning house extension and refurbishment. RIBA London Award, Grand Designs Award, Surface Design Award.
House refurbishment and extension for two academics undertaken in multiple phases over 10+ years.
Refurbishment and extension of a Grade II Listed house in Islington, London.
Extension of a Grade II Listed house.
Two new houses overlooking the English Channel.
House extension for a photographer.
Replacing a 1970s glazed infill, this intervention to the rear of a Victorian townhouse in Chalk Farm reconfigures and extends a series of dark, cellular rooms into an unusually large inside space.
The extension of this farmhouse in the Buckinghamshire greenbelt was shaped by the constraints of its context and Grade II listing, and a loose brief that asked for a new poolhouse and beautiful new living spaces.
A later living development in Bracknell, Berkshire, providing 45 homes with communal facilities and landscaped gardens.