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Courtyard garden connecting shaded verandas and living spaces within a tropical landscape.

Sanjay PP

Garden edge with lime-plastered wall and reused wooden window embedded within the landscape.

Front facade with terracotta roof, oxide flooring, and shaded veranda facing the courtyard.

Kitchen and dining area organized under a high sloping roof with clerestory ventilation.

Project • By Yuuga Design Collective • Private Houses

EMA

EMA is conceived as a quiet continuum rather than a singular architectural object. Located in Malappuram, Kerala, the 1,700 sq.ft residence draws from the philosophy of the Kaavu, where human life exists in balance with nature. The house prioritizes restraint, shadow, and enclosure, creating spaces that feel introspective, calm, and thermally comfortable. Shamil Sanjay PP Caption Built using reclaimed materials from old Kerala homes and temples, EMA embeds memory and craftsmanship into its fabric. The design process evolved through the materials themselves, allowing their character to shape space and detail. Sanjay PP Sanjay PP Sanjay PP With minimal site disturbance, passive cooling strategies, and preserved... More

Richard Chivers

Project • By Dominic McKenzie Architects • Private Houses

Oak Cottage

Located next to Epping Forest, Oak Cottage was originally carefully designed and constructed in an Arts and Crafts style in 1901, but had been added to in a piecemeal fashion since then. These more recent additions included an entire new bay in 2006 which had added a further half to the overall floor area. By the time the house was purchased by our clients, any trace of its original quality had been largely lost. Richard Chivers Richard Chivers For our clients and for Dominic McKenzie Architects (DMA) the question was how to change this (spacious and well-located) ugly duckling into a beautiful swan? Richard Chivers Richard Chivers Richard Chivers Key to the project was the fact that the potentially spacious groun... More