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07/10/2026

Four projects, four very different responses to the idea of home!

Ahead of tonight’s BD Architect of the Year Awards, we’re sharing the breadth of our submission for Individual House Architect of the Year. From a new home rooted in the South Downs landscape at Bulls Barn, to the transformation of Old Apple Store; from an ambitious deep retrofit at The Manor, to a house inspired by Kent’s rural industrial history at Gunpowder House.

Together, they reflect how we work at Selencky Parsons. Each project begins with the particular qualities of its place and the people who will live there. Local flint and clay, reimagined existing buildings, and brickwork echoing historic gunpowder works lead to very different architectural responses, connected by a concern for sustainability, light, materiality, landscape and everyday life.

That breadth is something we are very proud of - a curiosity about what each project can become, and the ambition to make the most of its possibilities.

Thank you to our clients, collaborators and team who make this work possible. Looking forward to tonight!

Building Design.

Image 01-02: Old Apple Store
Image 03-04: Bulls Barn
Image 05-06: Gunpowder House
Image 07-08: The Manor
📸 Richard Chivers
📸 FRENCH+TYE _ Architectural Photography Studio

30/09/2026

Some lovely photos of the interior of Bankhurst! The extension creates a generous kitchen and dining room, with large glazed sliding doors allowing the room to open almost completely onto the garden. This connects to a cosy snug, which sits within the back room of the existing house.

The side extension contains a dedicated therapy space with private entrance for clients. Here, the curved ceilings, warm timber screens and abundant planting create a calm, enveloping space.

The result is a house of contrasting atmospheres: open and intimate, light and dark, soft and colourful. The reorganised spaces redefine the how the family works and lives within it.

📸 Richard Chivers
👷🏻 Dave Building Contractor
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24/09/2026

Introducing Bankhurst ! We’re delighted to share photos of this recently completed project. With a rear and side extension, extensive internal refurbishment and landscaping works to the front and rear, this project transforms this 1930’s semi.

As you enter up the floating steps, the front garden and small side extension hints at the more extensive changes to the rear.

Dark, textured brickwork gives the new additions a distinct material character, framing large areas of glazing and a deep window seat overlooking the garden. The brickwork has been used to create a series of interconnected volumes with sculpted piers giving depth to the facade. This materiality continues into the rear garden, tying the whole scheme together.

New interventions are clearly contemporary but work with the existing home, using material, colour, planting and natural light to bring a new coherence to the house.

📸 Richard Chivers
👷🏻 Dave Building Contractor
🧱

15/09/2026

On the drawing board ! ✍️ some concept design options for a recent project !

For this project, we explored a range of options for what it could look like. From pitched timber volumes, to textured tiled cubes and chamfered textured volumes.

The full width rear extension is organised around a courtyard which brings light into the open plan kitchen, dining and snug. The materiality of the exterior carries through into the interior.

Which option would you pick?

04/09/2026

Great to see this project nearing completion in Kilburn!

The white brick extensions are given depth through brick detailing and fluted precast concrete panels. This language bleeds into the landscape with planters and bench seats formed of the same materials.

The two extensions are connected by a canopy, which creates a covered outdoor terrace. An existing wisteria and bay tree have been carefully retained throughout the construction work and now form the centrepiece of the terrace. We love to see how the project sits within the clients’ mature garden.

👷‍♂️ Martins Builders & Decorators Ltd
Brick🧱 , Karma White Grey
Engineer

21/08/2026

Great to see this project progressing on site !

The white brick extension creates a light filled open plan kitchen and dining room with views out to the garden. Can’t wait to see this finished!

Contractor SDS CARPENTRY & BUILDING SERVICES LTD
Brick

13/08/2026

We’re very excited to have this large extension in Bromley started on site !

The rear and side extensions are organised around a courtyard, ensuring the spaces are filled with light and offering views out to greenery.

04/08/2026

We are delighted to have received permission for this exciting project! Our proposal for the landscape and boundary treatment of a data centre in London explores the hidden systems that shape both the digital and natural worlds.

The design takes its cues from data maps, server cabling and the branching geometry of tree root systems — networks that quietly sustain the movement of information, water and nutrients. Although they operate in different realms, both rely on connection, resilience and flow.

Curved steel rods rise from the ground like emerging roots or bundles of data cables, while sculpted colourful connectors punctuate the composition. These connectors reference the ceramic insulators used throughout electrical infrastructure. The colours of the connectors refer to the colour charts of the drugs which historically were milled at the site.

Behind the structure, biodiverse planting softens the edge of the building, creating a living backdrop that evolves with the seasons and reinforces the dialogue between technology and ecology.

Rather than concealing the infrastructure of the site, the proposal celebrates it—transforming the language of data into a new piece of public realm that is rooted in both innovation and place.

17/07/2026

We had a great day in sunny Stratford for our practice summer day out. It was fascinating to take a tour of the Olympic Legacy Masterplan.

We visited notable buildings including:

V&A Storehouse/ Dillard Scofidio + Renfro
London 2012 Velodrome/ Hopkins Architects
V&A East/ O’Donnell + Tuomey
London College of Fashion/ Allies and Morrison
Here East/ Hawkins\Brown
Sadlers Wells/ O’Donnell + Tuomey
London Aquatics Centre/ ZHA Architects

13/07/2026

We are delighted that our project Bulls Barn received 3 awards at this years Sussex Heritage Trust awards!

Bulls Barn was a winner in the Small Scale Residential Award: New Build. It was also highly commended in the Eco Award and the South Downs Award!

The judges said “Upon entering the house, all three judges said ‘wow’. A contemporary interpretation of a farmstead cluster of traditional Sussex architecture anchored within the landscape using traditional materials in a crisp and exceptionally detailed and minimalist manner – flint and clay tile hanging, that’s it. An innovative rainwater collection and irrigation system has been carefully integrated into the façade design. Internally there are a collection of multigenerational spaces, with external areas around the house introduced into the property at every opportunity. Flint detailing continued into the inside, used for the two bookend chimneys, with fireplaces surrounded by pebble dashed concrete. Sustainability and ecological credentials for the building and surrounding landscaping are impressive. A delightful and wonderful family home.”

Sussex Heritage Trust

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