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.
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.
Dacres: Inside an Architect-Designed Sustainable Home on the South Downs, East Sussex
Award-winning architect Duncan Baker Brown returns to the South Downs home he designed a decade ago — a 100% electric, EPC A-rated eco home that began life as a two-bedroom bungalow, and still looks as remarkable as the day it was completed.
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.
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.