Architect Charles Tashima of Studio Tashima returns to a project on in the Mapesbury Conservation Area - an Edwardian semi extended with three woven-brick roof volumes. The focus of their work was on the ground floor where we were asked to improve the layout and use of the main living areas of the house. Important to the design was to maximise the quality and amount of light as well as connection to the garden and flow to the rest of the house. Externally, it was important to differentiate the extensions from the main house by using a dark, charcoal grey brick, setting up a contrasting yet complimentary relationship to the rich red coloured brick house.

HomeInspire were invited by Extension Architecture to feature their latest project, The Coombe Kingston, a gated home in the village of Coombe, Kingston upon Thames, a project that grew far beyond its original brief. Architect Youno, of Extension Architecture, was appointed for a double-storey side extension to add an office, a garage and a pool - and ended up delivering roughly three times that scope over a three-year build. Working with homeowners Naz and Alicia from stage zero through to completion, the result is a home built entirely around how the family lives, works and entertains, from a reflective atrium pool at its centre to a dedicated wellness wing and a 13-metre garden pool.

Kelling Designs turned this three-storey Notting Hill maisonette into a masterclass in layered, considered colour — a home that feels bold and playful without ever tipping into chaos. Every room tells a different story, and yet somehow the whole thing holds together beautifully.

Claudia Dorsch Interiors took a Surrey Hills property and did what great interior designers do — they made it feel entirely of its place. Hartwood is warm, layered, and deeply considered, with a material palette drawn from the landscape outside and an atmosphere that sits somewhere between country house and contemporary home.