Edwards Rensen Architects

Edwards Rensen Architects Published in Grand Designs magazine and others, Islington based architects designing and managing ho

Published in Grand Designs Magazine and others, Islington based architects designing and managing home builds, extensions and refurbs in North London and around.

Fun to have one of our projects featured in The Guardian today - in print and online. You can read the online article vi...
17/01/2026

Fun to have one of our projects featured in The Guardian today - in print and online. You can read the online article via link in our bio (or Google Edwards Rensen Architects Guardian newspaper). Or buy a copy today!

Many thanks to our wonderful clients, builders , engineers , glazing suppliers , garden designer .buckley1, our client's interior designer and her photographer and everyone else who worked hard on this together.





A Spanish design and architecture magazine asked if they could feature this - one of our smallest projects in Hackney. N...
31/05/2025

A Spanish design and architecture magazine asked if they could feature this - one of our smallest projects in Hackney. Naturally we said, "¡Sí!"

I can't read Spanish (just Dutch and Italian), but I presume it's generally complimentary.

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I couldn't get the carousel function working, so here's another photo from Grand Designs Live. Photos by .girling.photog...
25/05/2025

I couldn't get the carousel function working, so here's another photo from Grand Designs Live.

Photos by .girling.photography





We're in The Times newspaper today. https://www.thetimes.com/article/5e7f7b85-83bf-46e1-b07e-b6641f56a2ba?shareToken=567...
02/08/2024

We're in The Times newspaper today.

https://www.thetimes.com/article/5e7f7b85-83bf-46e1-b07e-b6641f56a2ba?shareToken=567f3aac28d801b9a2f904de0bca37d8

Our application for bespoke timber double glazed sash windows was refused by Islington planners.

They would have allowed it if we had downgraded the spec, but that would have achieved less than half the thermal upgrade (and cost twice as much).

They wanted us to make our replacement windows thinner. We argue that the visual difference is indistinguishable.

We've gone to appeal.
The appeal is due to be decided by the national planning inspectorate in the next few weeks.
Even if we lose, at least we will have achieved clarity.
We shall see!
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(Rotter)Dam Deuren. I left out the one we were nearly arrested for photographing 😬. Apologies for the photo quality - it...
10/04/2022

(Rotter)Dam Deuren. I left out the one we were nearly arrested for photographing 😬. Apologies for the photo quality - it was incredibly windy!






Beautiful use of zinc shingles of two different sizes at Naturalis (the Natural History Museum) in Leiden by
09/04/2022

Beautiful use of zinc shingles of two different sizes at Naturalis (the Natural History Museum) in Leiden by






Now on! Brilliant exhibition in Kings Cross by my friend Iris de Kievit from Rotterdam, our ceramicist client , and I a...
08/04/2022

Now on! Brilliant exhibition in Kings Cross by my friend Iris de Kievit from Rotterdam, our ceramicist client , and

I am so proud of them. It's a great project - drawing attention to air pollution in an original and beautiful way.

It's free. It's in the entrance space of Central st Martin's School of Art. If you want to go to the rest of the ceramics fair beyond, you need to book tickets, but their part you can just wander into - then go on to enjoy the restaurants, art and atmosphere of Granary Square.

If you go, please say Hi to Iris &/or Jo from me!






Het HAKA Gebouw in Rotterdam. A quick Google reveals all sorts of interesting things happen in its large, light spaces. ...
07/04/2022

Het HAKA Gebouw in Rotterdam. A quick Google reveals all sorts of interesting things happen in its large, light spaces.







Green roof, skylight, solar panel and a view over the rooftops of Highbury. ⁠⁠This photo was taken in autumn, so the flo...
05/12/2021

Green roof, skylight, solar panel and a view over the rooftops of Highbury. ⁠
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These hexagonal niches in hexagonal tiles were not easy to get right, it took a couple of attempts in different material...
27/11/2021

These hexagonal niches in hexagonal tiles were not easy to get right, it took a couple of attempts in different materials, but ⁠I think they work well now.⁠
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24 Sotheby Road
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N52UR

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Tuesday 9am - 6:30pm
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Thursday 9am - 6:30pm
Friday 9am - 6:30pm

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