Journal
This Journal is an evolving record of our work, interests and approach to architecture. We use it to share projects in progress, design thinking, technical insights and the references that shape how we work across residential, commercial and community contexts.
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London Projects • Peak District Projects • Sheffield Projects • Extensions • Heritage Projects • Planning • Renovations • Design & Theory • Architectural Details • Interior Details • Practice News
Why the Best Extensions Aren't Always the Biggest Extensions
When a Sheffield family came to us with a dark, disconnected kitchen, the answer wasn't a large extension. It was a precise one. In this post we look at why the best home extensions start not with square metres but with the right question.
Chapel Conversion – Simplicity, Function and the Methodist Ethos
Our approach to the sensitive conversion of an early 20th-century Primitive Methodist chapel on the edge of the Peak District, considering how principles of simplicity, light and material honesty can inform a contemporary residential scheme. The project brief set by the developer was to reimagine the historic building as flexible accommodation, which we did while preserving its volume, character and defining architectural features.
Colour in Practice
An exploration of how colour, light and shadow shape atmosphere - using restraint, contrast and moments of saturation to bring depth, clarity and delight to architectural space.
Coleman's Deli longlisted for the Dezeen Awards
Colemans Deli by SJW Architects in Hathersage had been longlisted for the Dezeen Awards in the Restaurant and Bar Interior category - one of only 20 projects worldwide.
Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life
Always engaged and always engaging - Olafur Eliasson’s major retrospective at Tate Modern is an immersive and provoking experience.
Architectural details: the ancient oak roof structure in a Norfolk Threshing barn
A variation on the traditional Queen Post design: no struts but an additional collar at high-level and elegant tie beam braces.
Cley Contemporary Art Exhibition
While at the annual Contemporary Art Exhibition at St Margaret’s Church - Cley, we were able to marvel at the vaulted stone ceiling to the late 14th Century porch.
Planning and Listed Building Consent granted for an old Caretaker’s House in Sheffield
SJW Architects has obtained Planning and Listed Building Consent for the Change of use, redevelopment and extension of an old Caretaker’s House.
Shooting The London Family House
Last week we returned to a completed London for on-site styling and shooting. This project was a full-house renovation across four floors and a new extension, and will be featured in full soon.
Site Visit to The Fifties House
Practice director Susi Wellings has been on site at a central London project, where we are undertaking the refurbishment and extension of 1950s sought-after council house.