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Robert Hirschfield Architects (RHA) has unveiled the completion of a full extension and renovation of a three storey London family home.

Robert sought to create a home that felt tailored to their lifestyle while embodying broader themes of sustainability, timelessness and heritage renewal. The architecture prioritises openness while maintaining definition across internal spaces, with key rooms connected to the garden through framed views, natural light and soft, curved forms.

Robert Hirschfield Architects has unveiled the completion of House for a Costumier, a full refurbishment and sustainable retrofit of a Victorian townhouse in London.

After more than fifty years in single ownership, the house required comprehensive renewal. Working closely with the client from the outset, RHA stripped the structure back and reconfigured the internal layout to bring in natural light, create flowing spaces, and strengthen the connection between the house and its garden. A new lower ground floor rear extension with a green roof was introduced, along with a carefully positioned roof light, improving daylight throughout while preserving the building’s historic character within the Conservation Area.

The King’s School, Vattanacville will be the second King’s School in Asia, joining The King’ School Shenzhen International in China.

While the school offers a British curriculum it will also embrace Cambodian culture, with Cambodian studies included on the timetable, and provides opportunities for exchange programmes and summer schools across the family of King’s Schools.

Libya Design, together with Allabina and HudHud, has completed a creative hub in the city of Tripoli which is now a thriving cultural base bringing together local artists to exhibit their work, express their ideas and socialise in an informal environment.

Doshma, which means a heavily fortified type of armory, takes its inspiration from the 2011 revolution in Libya and the resulting cultural and social change.

A purpose-built shelter for victims of domestic violence, located near Tel-Aviv in Israel, opens its doors to women and children. Led by pioneering human rights activist, Ruth Rasnic, for international charity ‘No To Violence’, the facility will provide a much-needed refuge for distressed and abused women and children from all localities and backgrounds.

Somerset College is a co-educational independent school in South Africa, located on a beautiful estate in the Winelands of the Western Cape. A double-height prototyping/testing space runs the length of the building, encouraging pupils to test their ideas and think big. Off this main space are rooms for coding and robotics, a makerspace, innovation and solution spaces, a reflection space, a physics lab, art rooms and offices.

Located in Nanshan, China, the school offers pupils aged 2 to 18 a combined Chinese and British curriculum, with a greater emphasis on the latter as pupils progress through the school. The first phase of the development provides a kindergarten and flats for teachers. The design of the pre-prep school encourages teachers to adopt new and creative approaches to the use of space.

London based architecture studio, Apt, has completed Urbanest City, a 656-bed student accommodation and office scheme achieving BREEAM Excellent.

Fenwick has announced plans to upgrade its Newcastle store frontage including the creation of a new central entrance, as part of an ongoing £40 million investment programme to transform the store for the future.

Walters & Cohen Architects have completed the final stage of work for the all-through Brighton Girls’ School, in Sussex. The architects have reunited the senior and prep schools onto one site, upgrading several older buildings to suit contemporary educational needs.