Architectural Residential Case Studies​

Find inspiration through our property features, showcasing real homes and home improvement projects, filmed & featured by HomeInspire, in partnership with homeowners, architects, and interior designers. Each feature and video tour takes you inside the story of a property transformation, exploring design ideas, materials, and practical insights behind some of the UK’s most inspiring renovation work and home projects.

Homeowner, Architect Designed, New Build Dan Burge Homeowner, Architect Designed, New Build Dan Burge

The Chatterbox: Inside Andy's Contemporary Self-Build on a 14-Acre Farm in Suffolk

Andy bought a derelict 14-acre dairy farm near Southwold at auction in 2015. What followed was a stunning self-build that transformed the central farmyard into a stunning five-bedroom contemporary home: three barn forms, a glass entrance hall framing the Suffolk countryside, a 6.5-metre apex kitchen, a sunken garden, and a ground source heated home that barely announces itself from the road.

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Rose Hip Yard: A Contemporary Development of Three Diamond-Shaped Homes on a Former Storage Yard.

On a former storage yard in Balham, three diamond-shaped homes now occupy a site that most developers would have approached very differently. Rose Hip Yard is a small residential development that prioritises architectural ambition over formula — three distinct, precisely designed houses that prove what's possible when you refuse to default to the obvious.

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St. John: An Interior Architect's Conversion of a Former Ambulance Station in Rye, East Sussex

When interior architect Marta Nowicka purchased a derelict St. John Ambulance station in the heart of medieval Rye in 2014, it had stood empty for two years. What followed was a deeply considered conversion — a home clad in locally sourced pan tiles, planned around a central hearth in the tradition of the medieval hall, and filled with details made by hand from the landscape around it. This is the story of how a forgotten building became one of East Sussex's most remarkable homes.

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