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Even by the rarefied standards of the US Ivy league’s Harvard University, Richard Rogers’ gifted Grade II*-listed 1969 Wimbledon home for his parents is now a frat house with knobs on for students of its Graduate School of Design. 22 Parkside used a yellow-painted industrial portal frame and state of the art glazing technologies to produce a domestic home that helped define the gestating high tech style. Gumuchdjian Architects’ sensitive restoration of the iconic home to make it perform for the 21st century involved the refurb of its two wetrooms, fully clad in ­HI-MACS surfaces, proving that cleanliness can be next to godliness.

 

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20 May 2025 from 9am to 11.30am

RIBAJ Spec: Architecture for Housing and Residential Development Webinar

Judges of the Daylight from Above Awards, organised by VELUX in partnership with the RIBA Journal, were looking for projects that used natural light to the benefit both of architecture and of people using it

Daylight from Above judges were looking for projects that used natural light to the benefit both of architecture and of those using it

'Sparing and strategic' use of natural light helps Francesco Pierazzi Architects' garage conversion win the Light, Space and Atmosphere category in the 2025 Daylight from Above Awards, organised by RIBAJ in partnership with VELUX

'Sparing and strategic' use of natural light praised at North Downs garage redevelopment

Roof windows light up a highly unusual conversion of a former silage barn, now a fully breathable timber-framed home commended in the 2025 Daylight from Above Awards, organised by RIBAJ in partnership with VELUX

Roof windows light up a highly unusual conversion of a former silage barn

A light-filled kitchen and living extension helps a semi-detached Victorian home rediscover its identity, and is commended in the 2025 Daylight from Above Awards, organised by RIBAJ in partnership with VELUX

A light-filled kitchen and living extension helps a semi-detached Victorian home rediscover its identity