On a plot in Teddington that once held a very ordinary house, this new build sets a very different standard — a carefully proportioned, design-led home that sits thoughtfully within its suburban setting without disappearing into it. It's the kind of project that makes you reconsider what new residential architecture in South West London can actually look like.

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.

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.