A unique selection of shortlisted and winning projects from the Don’t Move, Improve! Awards, showcasing the newest and most innovative home improvements across London that reimagine the home through long-term living solutions and sustainable design.
Guided tour
housing
1960s Modernist townhouse refurbished, revitalised and extended to create a low energy home.
Pricegore, 2022
Drop in
residence
A low-key, light-infused, beautiful transformation of a dark Victorian terrace in Walthamstow. Whittaker Parsons architecture studio has remodelled and extended the cottage, creating a bright contemporary home overlooking Ian Turkington's prairie garden. The project was shortlisted for this year's Don't Move Improve Awards.
Whittaker Parsons, 2023
Winner of the Environmental Leadership Prize in the 2024 Don't Move Improve Awards, House Made by Many Hands is the first building structure in the UK to specify low-carbon LC3 concrete, together with hand-cast hempcrete walls, a hardwood frame in place of traditional steel, natural materials throughout and a rigorous policy of reuse and recycling for the interior.
Cairn, 2023
Drop in / Guided tour
Winner of the 2024 'Don't Move Improve' award for best project under £100k A self build 38m2 triangular micro home converted from a former mechanic's garage, creating a flexible and multifunctional home fit for living and working in. Come and see sliding beds, triangular sofas and a pocket garden.
Brown Urbanism, 2023
residence, architectural practice
The Two-Up Two-Down house is architectural practice Khan Bonshek's self build home, and winner of the Don't Move Improve 2024 Transformation Award. The house is a reworking of a mid terrace, using imaginative spatial devices to maximise the limited floor area. Double height volumes, exposed structure and the blurring of rooms combine to introduce light and create the illusion of space.
Khan Bonshek, 2018
