I am enjoying working with Miltiadou Cook Mitzman Architects and excited to get the news that they are a finalist in the Test of Time Awards in Architecture Today for their Islington Courtyard House.
They were commissioned in June 2016 to design this new build family home, in the conservation area of Canonbury, Islington. It replaces an awkwardly sited post-war house, unsympathetic in character with the neighbouring houses and conservation area, thermally inefficient and dilapidated.
Their aim was to provide an aesthetically quiet, contemporary and sustainable four bedroom family home that sat gently on its site. The home suits a contemporary lifestyle, overlooking and opening into the garden for an inside/outside lifestyle, flooded with natural light, so artificial light is rarely required.
It is of particular pleasure that the home owner enjoys the house so much she works from home running her own business.
Photograph: Richard Chivers
Events
Regenerative Architecture Index – Photography Workshop
The first in a series of photography workshops was held at The Design Hub – Caffè Terrazzo, West Ealing. Hosted by In Opera Group. I
April 30, 2026
