Amidst the pandemic, construction continues efficiently on the new 59 bed residential care home at Beulah Hill in South London.

This will provide a home for you as you get older and require more help whilst preserving your dignity and enjoyment of every moment of life.

Perched on top of a hill, the site has fantastic views north east towards the City and south west over the rolling hills of Surrey.

A simple question

This is a place designed around a simple question: if you sold a house to come and live here, and, knowing  you would come out horizontally, is this a place you would wish to live? The rooms are arranged around a generous three sided courtyard open side to the south. The courtyard encloses a sensory garden, a garden of delights, designed by Jonathan Cook Landscape Architects, whom we met whilst working at St Hilda’s College, Oxford.

The first images show the outside of the courtyard, north and east elevations. The third the courtyard itself.

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Citizen is joining forces with the Royal Academy for ‘Today/Tomorrow’ — a series of talks on how a new generation of practitioners and ethical investors are responding to the pandemic and continuing to improve city life.

Tune in every Tuesday and Thursday in June to @Architecture_RA on Instagram Live at 11 am to hear from society’s game-changers — previously profiled in Citizen — and their response to coronavirus.

Programme:

— Tuesday 2 June: LionHeart – in conversation with Kate Goodwin
— Thursday 4 June: Amelia Viney – in conversation with Isabel Allen
— Tuesday 9 June: Finn Harries – in conversation with Kate Goodwin
— Thursday 11 June: Pascal Gerrard – in conversation with Isabel Allen
— Tuesday 16 June: Antonio Pisano – in conversation with Kate Goodwin
— Thursday 18 June: Peter Bishop – in conversation with Isabel Allen
— Tuesday 23 June: Cathy Runciman – in conversation with Kate Goodwin
— Thursday 25 June: Andrew Gregson – in conversation with Isabel Allen
— Tuesday 30 June: Alex Depledge – in conversation with Kate Goodwin

Today/Tomorrow is part of the London Festival of Architecture #LFAdigital2020. Don’t miss it!

www.citizen-mag.org

A spectacular new modern house in SW London is nearing completion. The building has a carefully composed west facing garden elevation clad in Portland stone. See the project page here.

An early 20th century house in Wimbledon has been upgraded to modern environmental standards whilst maintaining its character and contribution to the conservation area.

More information on the project page: Sustainable Retrofit Family Home