Planstudio Architecture

24/02/2026

🏆BEST OF HOUZZ SERVICE 2026

At PLANSTUDIO, we are honored to receive this award. It marks another year of dedication, creativity, and delivering exceptional service to our clients. We are grateful for the trust our clients place in us and proud to celebrate this achievement together.

30/01/2026

✨ROSTRUM✨

🌞 A ‘raw chic’ office fitout in the heart of Covent Garden

The converted warehouse in the heart of the Seven Dials area in London’s Covent Garden provided a perfect location for the business client, but having very long and narrow proportions, the layout had to be approached creatively to maximise its capacity and functionality.

By placing the staircase in the middle of the linear space, the circulation space was minimised, and the staircase had been crafted to become a visual feature within the office. The workspace offers flexibility in use by creating a series of workstations, meeting and breakout areas as one moves from one end to another, maximising practicality and future adaptation.

As a reputable PR and marketing agency, the client wished for the space to represent their dynamism and originality and also give a nod to the building’s culturally significant association with the modern arts when in the 1960s it formed part of The Arts Lab, where David Bowie rehearsed and performed, and where the first joint artwork of John Lennon and Yoko Ono was exhibited.

The design response was a ‘raw chic’ look, combining raw plaster and painted OSB, with stylish fittings, herringbone flooring and tiling. Bright yellow walls create joyful accents within the space, whilst the real moss wall and the neon sign frame the staircase void.

19/01/2026

✨EXTENSION & FACELIFT✨

🏠 The extension and new cladding completely transformed this 1980’s house in Woodford Green

The project’s objective was not only to enlarge the property, but to transform this 1980s house lacking character into a unique home.

The original architecture featured a common combination of red brick facades, white uPVC windows and concrete roof tiles. There was a missed opportunity in the complete absence of a relationship with the garden located at the side of the property. With the garden elevated above the internal floor level, a narrow path around the house served as a ditch, making access to the garden uncomfortable.

When the property was extended, rather than replicating its original character, a new design was conceived for both the extension and the main building. Vertical larch cladding was used to create a cohesive look between the extension and the original structure. Large sliding pocket doors open the house up to the garden. A new generous patio, with wide steps that overcome the challenging topography, makes garden access easy. The external pocket doors fully disappear into the walls, creating unobstructed openings that seamlessly integrate the indoors with the outdoors, completely transforming what were once rooms with small windows that felt disconnected from the garden.

13/01/2026

✨COURTYARD GARDEN HOUSE✨

🌿 Innovative budget-conscious extension with internal garden

Nestled between a row of houses and a church, this home is occupied by a family that cherish their garden. Keeping this in mind, the extension has been designed to provide views of greenery from every corner.

Unusually, rather than maximising the internal floor space, some of the area was used to create a courtyard garden, which brings nature directly to the heart of the family space. The lush main garden at the rear is framed by a picture window, complete with a seat for relaxation.

The kitchen serves as the connecting point, with the dining area situated between the garden window and the inner courtyard. On the opposite side of the small courtyard are the workspace and reception room. This layout harmoniously combines openness with moments of privacy. Externally, black brick and charred timber complement the colour palette of the green plants in the garden, the red brick of the adjacent church and the crisp white render of the main house. This choice of materials distinguishes the elements from the old while maintaining a sense of harmony. These materials also continue into the interior, emphasising the theme of connecting the outdoors with the inside.

13/01/2026

✨RED-IN-RED✨

🌶️ Modest in scale, yet grand in its impact

The project involved alterations to a house located in a conservation area in the leafy Wanstead suburb. The work included a part single, part two-storey extension, a garage conversion, and a dormer loft extension. Although the extension only slightly increases the footprint, the transformation of the internal space is significant, delivering an open plan kitchen, diner and snug. Thanks to the very modest increase in the footprint, the rear garden size remains at a good size.

The design of the exterior adopts a monochromatic approach with a rusty red colour theme, inspired by the prevailing finishes of the host and adjacent properties. It implements a tone-in-tone composition of brick, including colour-matched mortar, hung tiles, metal door and window frames, and rainwater goods. A subtle variation in the brick coursing, which is a result of combining a stretcher bond with an in-and-out vertical stack bond, adds a tectonic texture to the facade.

26/11/2025

Peter At Planstudio has been interviewed by KBB magazine in their December issue on architects' role.

25/11/2025

Our R&S House featured in the Hackney Council's Draft Residential Extension and Alteration Planning Document of September 2025 (link in comments).

Very proud for it being an example of a contemporary large rear dormer 🤩🙌

17/11/2025

Have a look at our West Sussex remodeling and extension project featured in the Architects’ Journal Building Library

Nested in the lush countryside of East Sussex, the original house bears its original charm to this day.

13/11/2025

Have a look at our Covent Garden commercial project featured in the Architects’ Journal Building Library

The converted warehouse in the heart of the Seven Dials area in London’s Covent Garden provided a perfect location for the business client.

03/11/2025

Check out Diespeker & Co.'s interview with Peter At Planstudio about our amazing refurbishment project in a locally listed Victoria Park home.

👉🏻https://www.diespeker.co.uk/projects/seamless-bespoke-terrazzo-shower-room/

Diespeker's seamless bespoke terrazzo shower room for Victoria Park family home in London designed by PLANSTUDIO ARCHITECTURE

23/09/2025

We are celebrating another 5⭐ review from our amazing clients 🤩