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The light and the light #neildusheikoarchitects #

The light and the light

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precision detailing, warmth you can feel, lightnes

precision detailing, warmth you can feel, lightness that becomes ethereal

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So following on from the earlier post. We are a c

So following on from the earlier post.

We are a craft based practice. Details matter. We are the custodians of the elements we use in our projects, be it stone, wood, light and space.

We try use them wisely. We try learn from each successive project. Drawings on the strengths, learning from the experiences. Thinking about the planet and our clients comfort.

Here are some images of my house which has been a test bed for new ideas for other projects.

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We always start a project with a concept. “Int

We always start a project with a concept.

“Intuition without concept, is blind, concept without intuition is empty” - Immanuel Kant

In our House for the Elements, you can choose to bathe under the sky open to the elements or under the trees.

This project in South London explores our interconnection with nature. The entire house becomes a framework for inviting the elements in and hopefully making the architecture disappear.

When you bathe in the house, soaked under the water and the sky, you will feel a deeper connection to the other life forms in your home. Realising that the same sunlight and water that sustains you, sustains them.

It's part of our exploration of how light and flow affect the body and mind. A journey we began a few years ago when I built my own house. But more about that later...

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In memorium of my beloved friend Dennis Gilbert wh

In memorium of my beloved friend Dennis Gilbert who passed away on Saturday. A truly inspirational figure, a gentle soul and an amazing photographer.

I was lucky enough to meet him back in 1999 and get to know him while he shot for Walters & Cohen and Allies and Morrison when I worked there. This post features some of his work for my practice as well as his lovely partner Susan.

He will be sadly missed but his photos and memories will endure.

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Pictures 1&2 by Dennis

I got a lot of questions yesterday about my garden

I got a lot of questions yesterday about my garden and I'll do my best to answer them all.

It was designed by @janebrockbank and built by my client Jez Hindmarsh of @lancastersonline.

The materials are brick paviors from Chelmer Valley, insitu concrete, Travertine and the fence is Western Red Cedar. The bench was built by Jez and the mosaic inserts in the concrete were installed by my daughter.

The brief for Jane was to create a cottage garden. We've got three trees in the garden and we'll be adding 1-2 more soon.

The garden faces east which is perfect as we get great morning sun when giving the kids breakfast. We have another small garden that faces west and we've planted a magnolia tree there in a corten planter. That garden is work in progress as we will be renovating the rooms that face onto them shortly.

Hope this answers everything.
Thanks for all the DMs and kind words. We will be including the garden in the National Garden Scheme next year so people will be able to see it.

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I pretty much spent the entire day making sure my

I pretty much spent the entire day making sure my plants survived. My daughter sat in the sun on the stairs and read the entire time!

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Arranging circulation around the light in our Dani

Arranging circulation around the light in our Danish Mews House.

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Always such a pleasure to spend down time with our

Always such a pleasure to spend down time with our clients after they move into their new homes, especially after lock down. It was lovely of my clients to host my son and his grandfather in their finished house the other day.

Part of our work in improving our clients spaces and lives lead to good relationships that endure over time. .

Hope you enjoy these pictures.

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We see our homes as a sanctuary from the outside w

We see our homes as a sanctuary from the outside world. Places of quiet respite or in our case, a place to contain the bustle of everyday life for our own enjoyment. Whether it's having a place for kids to creatively express themselves or a place for us to relax and enjoy our own company in peace.

When we close our door our home is filled with life, light, art and plants. It's our Stokey Home.

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Pics by @timcrockerphotographer and myself.

Our Stokey Home #neildusheikoarchitects #neilandl

Our Stokey Home

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Our Stokey House #neildusheikoarchitects #neiland

Our Stokey House

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Things capturing light, gathering dust, storing me

Things capturing light, gathering dust, storing memories.

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Pic by @timcrockerphotographer

We are currently working on a project called: Hous

We are currently working on a project called:
House for the Elements.
Our brief is to create three sleeping spaces all with their own unique bathing spaces.

We've created a triple height volume throughout the house that will be planted. Two of the bathrooms focus on this planted space, while the upper one is composed purely of sky, water and stone. On the top floor one crosses over a bridge over the void to enter the upper shower space which opens up to the sky.

We will be developing this concept in detail over the next few weeks.

We're inspired by this quote below. And the Paul Klee painting on the last slide.

“Architecture is not only understood and interpreted as an object conceived from
the outside, but rather it focuses the attention toward the inside” – Steven Holl

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The #tallandthinhouse being tall and thin. #neild

The #tallandthinhouse being tall and thin.

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We're looking at a new project in Primrose Hill. I

We're looking at a new project in Primrose Hill. It's got the biggest staircase I've seen in a while.

I needed a visa to get from one side to the other. 😁

We're not going to touch this staircase but we're working on others so I've started a new hashtag for this. See below..

#anotherawesomestair

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Home for art and home as art, or both? The Galler

Home for art and home as art, or both?
The Gallery House for my father in law, still one of my favourite projects and one I luckily get to see fairly often. #neildusheikoarchitects #nda_galleryhouse #charlesmaggshouse photos by @timcrockerphotographer

Another awesome skylight that opens completely to

Another awesome skylight that opens completely to vent a house on a hot day in our Slot House in Stokey

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Home is where the hearth is. Photos of our Danish

Home is where the hearth is.
Photos of our Danish Mews House coming up end of June.

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We really loved experiencing these amazing sculptu

We really loved experiencing these amazing sculptures by @ranabegumstudio at the @katemacgarry gallery. We love the diaphonous floating feeling of and the way you can interact with it.

It feels ephemeral and from another world plus the colours are gorgeous. There are several works there and the exhibition ends on 6 June and is part of the London Gallery Weekend along with loads of other galleries.

Take advantage of our city opening up again and see some of the amazing sights!

Support the local artists and the studios too.

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Neil Dusheiko Architect's Hill House Project More

Neil Dusheiko Architect's Hill House Project

More info on our website - See Hill House, Peckham

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Pics by @h.a.z.e.viz

Just some work in progress shots to let you folks

Just some work in progress shots to let you folks back home know that we are currently prevailing in our efforts to produce an exquisitely detailed home for our clients in Stoke Newington.

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With a family full of artists, postioning artwork

With a family full of artists, postioning artwork ls in our house became a challenge... Our home features work by relatives Philippa Stjernsward, Mick Moon, Daryl Dusheiko and Daniel Maggs.

Plus some of our other favourites like Chris Ofili, Matisse, Stanley Donwood, James Mackinnon, Alan Reynolds, Edmund Sumner plus others.

It all comes together somehow. We've a wall free so looking at work by Anne Nowak and perhaps another Mick Moon one day!

Photos by @timcrockerphotographer

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Having a 3 year old is like having a puppy when it

Having a 3 year old is like having a puppy when it comes to gardens.
We spend half our time protecting flowers from being whacked or stopping the little guy from annoying the bees...

It's all worth it though. So pleased everyday we use it (even with the few decapitated Alliums strewn around!)

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Although we live in a world obsessed with image an

Although we live in a world obsessed with image and we're lucky enough to be able to work with amazing photographers...
We care more about one's experience of architecture. Whether you're a young child who finally gets their own room, or a family who finally have the space to spread out and breathe!

We care about how materials age and weather. How homes adapt themselves as time progresses. How the promise of a new future can be embodied in the connections we make between spaces.
How design can improve your experience of life.

We've always thought about this, since the inception of our practice. Here are some pictures of the first project we built for a young family in Walthamstow.

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Photos by
Dennis Gilbert
Daryl Dusheiko
Galit Seligmann

Residential transformations is what we do. Here i

Residential transformations is what we do.

Here is a before and after of our project in Cambridge

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Pics by @edmundsumner

Another day, another opportunity to give thanks to

Another day, another opportunity to give thanks to our clients for commissioning us to do their home. We show our gratitude by offering up a piece of craft, that will give them joy through daily use.

This one is a CNC cut staircase being installed in our Slot House in Stoke Newington. It evokes the feeling of a fire escape from a film... However it's less Blade Runner, more Frances Ha - a film reference my clients will know...

Excuse my phone pics, we'll get someone who knows how to photograph things properly when it's done...

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Materiality and light with a pop of colour capture

Materiality and light with a pop of colour captured brilliantly by @edmundsumner at our Sun Slice House and Spa in Cambridge

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Space and light are precious elements.. . Especial

Space and light are precious elements.. . Especially to us in our move from South Africa to the UK

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Photos by me and @timcrockerphotographer

My cat has done absolutely nothing all day except

My cat has done absolutely nothing all day except sit on the sofa...

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We're completely detail obsessed at NDA. Especiall

We're completely detail obsessed at NDA.
Especially when it comes to things you touch. The tactile is one of the many sensory experiences we think about when designing. How things feel in your hands, how our bodies measure space through moving through it, how the memories of experiencing spaces stay with the body.
Whether it's going up or down a staircase, or the spring of a door handle. It all adds to our experience of the work of architecture.

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We're currently working on a number of Mews houses

We're currently working on a number of Mews houses in West London. They're a fascinating typology to work on and often have a particular character or history that we can build on.

This recently completed one was originally a stable, then a mechanics workshop until it was converted into a clothing showroom for Oscar Jacobsen. It was like that for a few decades until the owner decided to hire us to turn it into his home. We will be telling the story about this fascinating project in a few months but here are some of our phone pics in the meantime.

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