Selected Clients
Arnold House School
Avanti Schools Trust, Hindu Association
Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd.
Beale Wildlife Park
Birmingham City Council
Bishop Thomas Grant School
Brentwood School, Essex
Central Foundation Girls’ School
Charter Schools Educational Trust
Churchill College, Cambridge
City of London Girls’ School
Clare College, Cambridge
Diocese of Chelmsford
Fairley House School
Girls’ Day School Trust
Grosvenor
ISKCON, Hindu Association
Kent County Council
Kew College
Kier
Lend Lease
London Metropolitan University
Menorah Foundation School
National Day Nurseries Association
PACT Educational Trust
Race Equality in Newham
Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary School
Saint Gregory’s Catholic College Bath
Skanska
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
St Catharines College, Cambridge
St John’s Church Southend-on-Sea
St Peter’s Church Westcliff-on-Sea
Stanmore College
Tate Britain, London
The British Council
The London Borough of Barnet
The London Borough of Southwark
The London Diocesan Board for Schools
The National Gallery, London
The New Royal London Hospital
The Salvation Army
The Sorrell Foundation
The UK Department for Education
Torridge District Council
University of Cambridge
Awards
2023
Shortlisted – Architecture Today Buildings that have stood the test of time award 2022– Brentwood School
Regional Finalist -Civic Trust Awards 2023 – Sri Krishna Haveli
2022
Winner – Building of the year – RIBA East Awards 2022 – Churchill College Housing
Winner -RIBA East Award 2022 – Brentwood Prep School
Winner -RIBA East Award 2022 – Churchill College Housing
Shortlisted – RIBA East Award 2022 – Bhaktivedanta New Haveli
2021
Winners of Collaboration Award – CIBSE Building Performance Awards – Streatham and Clapham High School
Highly commended -2021 Brick Awards – Brentwood Prep
2020
Highly Commended – Building Design Architect of the Year Awards – Higher Education
2019
Shortlisted – Architects Journal Awards – Churchill College Housing
Shortlisted – Architects Journal Specification – Churchill College Housing
Shortlisted – Civic Trust Awards – Bellenden Primary School – Selwyn Goldsmith Award
Winner – Peckham Society Architecture Award – Bellenden Primary School
2018
Winner – Building Design Awards – Education Architect of the Year
Winner – RIBA Awards – Streatham and Clapham High School – Regional award
Shortlisted – RIBA Awards – Bellenden Primary School
Commendation – New London Awards (NLA) – Streatham and Clapham High School – Education category
Winner – Architects’ Journal Retrofit Awards – Streatham and Clapham High School – School Project of the Year
Shortlisted – Structural Timber Awards – Streatham and Clapham High School – Education Project of the Year
Shortlisted – Wood Awards – Streatham and Clapham High School – Education and Public Sector category
Shortlisted – Architects’ Journal Architecture Awards – Bellenden Primary School – School Project of the Year
2016
Winner – Brick Award – Brentwood School Learning Resource Centre, Best Education Building
Shortlisted – Architects’ Journal Retrofit Awards – Brentwood School Learning Resource Centre
Shortlisted – British Construction Industry Awards – Brentwood School Learning Resource Centre
Shortlisted – New London Awards – Lyndhurst Primary School
Winner – Building Design Architect of the Year Gold Award
Winner – Building Design Education Architect of the Year
Shortlisted – RIBA Awards – Brentwood School Learning Resource Centre
Shortlisted – RIBA Awards – Lyndhurst Primary School
Shortlisted – RICS Awards – Sacred Heart High School, Categories: Community Benefit and Design Through Innovation
2015
Shortlisted – Blueprint awards – Royal London Hospital Childrens Play, Best Interior Design Project or Product
Shortlisted – Civic Trust Awards, Westborough Zero Carbon
Shortlisted – Brick Awards – Sacred Heart School
Shortlisted – Brick Awards – Lyndhurst School
Shortlisted –RIBA Awards – Lyndhurst School
Shortlisted –AJ Retrofit Housing award – Clare College
Winner- CIBSE Building Performance Awards – Westborough Primary School – refurbishment project of the year (value up to £5M)
2014
Shortlisted – RIBA East Awards – Clare College
Winner – The Creative Review Annual, Best in Book – Ann Riches Healing Space
Winner – Creative Review Award, Best in Book – Royal London Hospital Playspace
Shortlisted – AJ Retrofit Award – Brentwood School Sixth Form Centre
2013
Shortlisted – Weinerberger Brick Awards – Brentwood
Winner – RIBA East Sustainability Award – Westborough Primary School
Winner – RIBA East Client Award – Westborough Primary School
Winner – RIBA East Award – Westborough Primary School
Shortlisted – FX International Interior Design Awards – Royal London Hospital, Public Sector category
Shortlisted – Brick Awards – Notre Dame RC School, Best Education Building
2012
Honourable Mention – RICS Awards – Brentwood School Sixth Form Centre
Winner – RIBA Awards – Brentwood Sixth Form College
Shortlisted – RIBA Awards – Broadway School
Silver – Green Apple Awards – Prittlewell Priory (implementation by The Facility Architects)
2011
Shortlisted – Brick Awards – Brentwood School
Winner – Refurb Rethink Retrofit Awards – Westborough Primary School, Public Sector, Education Building Categories
Winner – Build Design Education (Nursery to Secondary) Awards – Architect of the Year
2010
Winner – Harrow Heritage Trust/Harrow Observer Architectural and Environment Awards – Krishna-Avanti Primary School
Shortlisted – RIBA Awards – Krishna Avanti School
Commendation – British Council for School Environments (BCSE) Awards – School Architect of the Year
Runner up – Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Awards – Krishna-Avanti School, Sustainability Award
2008
Winner – National Federation of Roofing Contractors, Wooden Shingles and Shakes Award – All Saints Birmingham
2005
Commendation – Civic Trust Awards – Folkestone SureStart
Winner – RIBA Award – NDNA Neighbourhood Nursery Hounslow
Commendation – Kensington and Chelsea Environment Award Scheme – Kensal House Nursery, Restoration and Conversion
2004
Shortlisted – RIBA Future House London – Re-used vicarage
2003
Commendation – Civic Trust Awards – Westborough Cardboard Building
Winner – RIBA Awards, Churchill College Cambridge, Postgraduate Housing
2002
Winner – RIBA Awards- Westborough Cardboard Building
Joint Winner – David Urwin Awards – Churchill College Student Accommodation, Best New Building in Cambridge
Winner – RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize – Westborough Cardboard Building, best project with a construction budget under £200,000
Winner – RIBA Journal Sustainability Award – Westborough Cardboard Building, the building that demonstrates most elegantly and durably the principles of sustainable architecture.
2001
Shortlisted – BBC Tomorrow’s World Awards – Invention in Industry
1999
Winner – Civic Trust Award – Portakabin Lilliput Nursery
Highly Commended – Chelmsford Diocese DAC Award – St Martin’s Church
1998
Winner – Millennium Products Award – Portakabin Lilliput Nursery
Car Free London Competition
1997
Winner – Southend-on-Sea, Design Award – 43 Leighcliff Road
Press
2022
May – BBC News England – Cambridge University student digs voted regional building of the year. Churchill College Housing
May- Casabella – Oggi in Inghilterra / Today in England – -Brentwood Auditorium
March – Architects’ Journal – Bhaktivedanta Manor new Haveli – by Vinesh Pomal
June – ArchDaily – 36 Storey’s Way Churchill College
July – ArchDaily – Kipepeo Homestead
2021
November – Independent Education Today – Brentwood Preparatory School – by Jo Golding
February – Architecture Today – Brentwood School – Joanna Sutherland
February – RETHINK Design Guide – Architecture for a post-pandemic world – RIBA Publishing (ISBN 9781859469804 )
2020
July – Dezeen – Grey brick & yellow polycarbonate contrast to create striking Peckham primary school – by Tom Ravenscroft
June – Dezeen – Cottrell & Vermeulen inserts brick and timber mews house into South London lane – by Tom Ravenscroft
February – Guardian – Holy housing developments! How God is getting into construction – Bhaktivedanta Manor Haveli – Oliver Wainwright
2019
January – Architectural Record – ‘Continuing Education: Vertical School Expansions’ – Streatham and Clapham High School, Phases one and two
January – FX – ‘Leaders of the Pack’ – Bellenden Primary School
March – Building 4 Education – ‘Vibrant new school for Southwark’ – Bellenden Primary School
March – Building Design – ‘Cottrell & Vermeulen unveils Essex church plans’ – St Stephen’s
June – Building Design – Churchill College Housing, Cambridge by Ike Ijeh
2018
March – Building Design – Building Study – Bellenden Primary School
August – AJ Specification – ‘Space to Grow’ – Bellenden Primary School
August – DETAIL – Streatham and Clapham High School, Phases one and two
September – Architecture Today – ‘Look and Feel’ – Streatham and Clapham High School, Phase two
October – Building Design – Grove Lane
November – Architects’ Journal – Grove Lane
November – Architecture Today – ‘Grove Lane House’ – Grove Lane
November – Evening Standard – Streatham and Clapham High School, Phases one and two
December – Building Design – Building Study – Streatham and Clapham High School, Phases one and two
2017
March – AJ Specification – ‘Natural Materials’ – Streatham and Clapham High School, Phase one
2016
November – AJ Specification – ‘Bricks & Stone’ – Brentwood Bean LRC
July – AJ Specification – ‘Colour & Texture’ – Lyndhurst Primary School
April – Architecture Today – ‘Cottrell & Vermeulen at Brentwood School ‘- Brentwood School
March – ARQA – Brentwood School Sixth Form Centre
January – Architects’ Journal – Lyndhurst Primary School
2015
December – The PPP Book: Public-Private Partnerships Unbundled by John DM Davie – Inspire Publishing (ISBN 978-0-9931631-0-4) – Royal London Hospital
November – Demystifying Architectural Research by Anne Dye and Flora Samuel – RIBA Publishing (ISBN 978-1-85946-578-3)
June – Future Schools: Innovative design for existing and new buildings by Nick Mirchandani & Sharon Wright – RIBA Publishing (ISBN 978-1-85946-575-2) – Notre Dame School
January – Creative Review – ‘Vital Arts transforms Royal London Children’s Hospital’ by Rachel Steven – Royal London Hospital
Retrofit for Purpose: Low Energy Renewal of Non-Domestic Buildings by Sunand Prasad – RIBA Publishing – ISBN: 9781859465141 – Westborough Primary School
2014
November – The Architects Journal – ‘Sacred Heart Catholic School by Cottrell and Vermeulen’ by Ellis Woodman – Sacred Heart RC School
October – The Architects Journal – ‘Footprint focus on North West Cambridge’ – North West Cambridge
October – Bob Magazine (South Korea) jungle.co.kr – Royal London Hospital Playspace
April – The Creative Review Annual 2014, Best in Book Award – (ISBN: 9770262103115) – Royal London Hospital Playspace
2013
November – HIC Arquitectura –Westborough Primary School
August – HIC Arquitectura – Brentwood School
October – Financial Times – ‘Architects are adopting brick as London’s building block’ by Edwin Heathcote – Brentwood School
October – Britain’s Best Architects List, Schools
April – HIC Arquitectura – Notre Dame Secondary School
March – English Heritage – ‘Conservation Principles’ – Brentwood School
February – Building Design – ‘Clare College, Cambridge, student housing by Cottrell & Vermeulen’ by Robert Bevan – Clare College
February – Creative Review – ‘Playtime at Royal London’s Children Hospital’ – Royal London Hospital Playspace
February – Design Week – ‘Royal London Hospitals’ fantastical children’s play-space’ by Tom Banks – Royal London Hospital Playspace
February – Architects Journal – ‘Cottrell and Vermeulen unwraps Royal London Hospital playspace’ – Royal London Hospital Playspace
January – The Guardian Architecture Design – ‘Birmingham’s brilliant new schools – but could they be the last?’ by Oliver Wainwright – Broadway School
2012
September – School Architecture (China) – (ISBN Number 978-7-214-07972-5) – Westborough Primary School
April – Building Design – ‘Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls’ Secondary School extension by Cottrell & Vermeulen’ by Ellis Woodman- Notre Dame Secondary School
April – Building Design – Education Review Profile by Pamela Buxton
April – The Guardian Architecture Design – ‘The future might just be made of cardboard’ by Steve rose – Westborough Cardboard Building
February – Learn for Life: New Architecture for New Learning – Gestalten (ISBN 978-3-89955-414-4)
February – The Architecture Review: Schools Special Issue, ‘Language Lessons’ by Cany Ash & Robert Sakula – Brentwood School
January – Building Design – Building Feature, ‘Practical Magic’ – Geoff Shearcroft – Broadway Birmingham
January – ArchDaily – ‘Brentwood School Study Centre and Auditorium’ – Brentwood School
2011
July – The Architects Journal – Westborough School
March – 21st Century London by Kenneth Powell – Merrell (ISBN 978-1-8589-4537-8) – Krishna-Avanti Primary School
2010
Architecture in Detail II by Graham Bizley – Architectural Press (ISBN 978-0-08-096535-2) – Bellingham Gateway Building
December – Telegraph – ‘Top 10 Buildings of 2010’ by Ellis Woodman – Krishna-Avanti Primary School
November – Leben in Karton – Architktur möbel light kunst (ISBN– ISBN 978-3-9812942-2-4) – Westborough Cardboard Building
October – A+D Architecture and Detail35 (Germany) – (ISSN 0944-4718) – Krishna-Avanti Primary School
October – Architecture for Children by Sarah Scott – Acer Press (ISBN 9780864318541) – Kintore Way Children’s Centre, NDNA Nursery
September – (Jamie Oliver Food Magazine) Jamie, making you a better cook: Food for Friends, ‘Communal Dining’ by Ellie Watts
August – Manuale di Architettura di emergenza e temporanea by Clara Masotti – Sistemi Editoriali (ISBN 978 88 513 0641 0) – Westborough Cardboard Building, Lilliput Nursery
July – Building Design – ‘Cottrell & Vermeulen’s Brentwood School’ – Brentwood School, Sixth-Form Centre and Assembly hall
April – Radio France Internationale – Crossroads: African Architecture – Interviewed by Rosie Collyer – Brian Vermeulen
February – Building Design – ‘Good karma’ by Ellis Woodman – Krishna-Avanti Primary School
2009
August – Unfolded: Paper in design, art, architecture and industry by Petra Schmidt and Nicola Stattmann – Birkhauser (ISBN 978-3-0346-0032-3)
2008
Kindergartens, Schools and Playgrounds – Loft Publications (Spain) (ISBN 978-84-95832-85-6) – NDNA Neighbourhood Nursery
DETAIL: Kindergärten und Kindertagesstätten in England by Elise Feiersinger – Kintore Way Children’s Centre
January – Reimagining Outdoor Learning Spaces, Primary Capital, Co-Design and Educational Transformation – Futurelab Handbook 2008
November – L’art du pli: design et décoration by Jean-Charles Trebbi – Alternatives (ISBN: 978-286227-574-1) – Cardboard Building
November – REMATERIAL: Del desecho a la arquitectura – Parramon Pres (ISBN 978-84-342-3365-2) – Cardboard Building
November – Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture (ISBN 978-0-7148-4874-7) – Churchill College Cambridge
2007
November – Architecture + Detail No.29 – Kintore Way Children’s Centre
October – La Vanguardia (Spain) – ‘Arquitectura Orgánica Casa de Cartón’ by Alicia Guerrero Yeste
August – A+T Civiliities*1 (Spain) – Bellingham Families and Young Peoples Gateway
June – Building Design, ‘In detail: Bellingham Families & Young People Gateway building, Lewisham, south London- Surestart Nursery & Community Centre
February – The Architects’ Journal – ‘Cottrell & Vermeulen, Kintore Way’ by Alan Powers – Kintore Way Nursery
Sustainable Architecture edited by David Turrent – RIBA Publishing (ISBN 978-1-85946-257) – Westborough Cardboard building
Scratching the Surface: New London Facades by London Architects – Springer Wien New York (ISBN 978-3-211-7-1538-3)
New London Architecture 2 by Kenneth Powell – Merrell (ISBN-13: 978-1-8589-4360-2) – NDNA Neighbourhood Nursery
A Design Manual: Schools and Kindergartens – Mark Dudek – Birkhäuser (ISBN-13: 978-3-7643-7053-4) -Westborough Cardboard Building
1000 x European Architecture by Verlaghaus Braun (ISBN10: 3-938780-1-x) – NDNA Neighbourhood Nursery
XS Green: Big Ideas, Small Buildings by Phyllis Richardson – Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-34230-5 – Westborough Cardboard Building
2006
December – Building Design – ‘Recycling gets the runaround’ by Elaine Knutt – Westborough play structure
November – Blueprint – ‘Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture’ by Jess Fernie
September – Building Design – ‘Games Lesson– Bellingham Young Peoples Gateway’ by Ellis Woodman Bellingham Families & Young Peoples Gateway
May – Building with Reclaimed Components and Materials: A Design Handbook for Reuse and Recycling by Bill Addis – Earthscan (ISBN 1844072746)
Preschool & Kindergarten Architecture by Arian Mostaedi – Charles Broto (ISBN 978-84-96263-55-0)
World New Architecture 1 (China) – Sixty Six – (ISBN 7-5611-3318-9) – Lloyd Park Nursery, NDNA Neighbourhood Nursery, Surestart Nursery & Community Centre
2005
December – Architecture + Detail No. 25 – Surestart Nursery & Community Centre
June – Time Out London – ‘The capital’s best buildings’ – NDNA Neighbourhood Nursery
March – RIBA Journal – ‘Boardroom Coup’ by Elaine Knutt – Lloyd Park Nursery
More Paperwork: Exploring the Potential of Paper in Design and Architecture by Nancy Williams – Phaidon (ISBN 0-7148-4364-4) – Cardboard Building
Joined up designs for schools – John & Frances Sorrell – Merrell (ISBN 1 85894 308-6)
DfES Schools for the Future: Inspirational Design for PE & Sports Spaces (ISBN 1-84478-637-4)
2004
November – The Guardian – ‘Village People’ by Yvonne Roberts – Surestart Nursery & Community Centre
October – CABE – Being Involved in School Design – ‘A guide for School Communities, Funders and Design and Construction Teams’ – Westborough Primary School
October – The Architects’ Journal – ‘Top of the class’ by Barrie Evans – NDNA Neighbourhood Nursery
May – The Times – ‘Gift of a Chance to Enliven a Community’ by Stephen Gardiner – Surestart Nursery & Community Centre
May – Building Design – ‘Animal Magic’ by Graham Bizley – Surestart Nursery & Community Centre
May – Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary Architecture
February – DfES Schools for the Future: Exemplar Designs, Concepts & Design
Design for Fun: Playgrounds by Marta Rojals del Alamo – Links International (ISBN 84-96263-05-3) – Westborough Primary School
Schulen in Deutschland: Neubau und revitalisiering – Kreatives Experiment: Schulerweiterung aus Papier by Hugh Pearman and Karl Kramer Verlag (ISBN 3-7828-1516-5)
2003
September – Blueprint -‘Safe as Houses’ by Pamela Buxton – Parsloes Online Centre Dagenham, Westborough Cardboard Building
September – Constructive Revestimentos ’03 (Barcelona) – Monografico No. 15 – Gerardo Wadel – Westborough Cardboard Building
June – Building Design – Cornerstone – Helen Thomas – Parsloes Online Centre Dagenham
March – BBC 1 TV News South East – Westborough Cardboard Building
Creating Excellent Buildings – A guide for clients’- Lloyd Park Nursery, Westborough Cardboard Building
2002
December – Building Design by Faith Liversedge – Churchill College
November – Cause & Effect – Press + Publicity – Lilliput Portakabin Nursery, Westborough Cardboard Building
October – The Independent – Lorna Duckworth – Westborough Primary School
August – The Independent Review – ‘Cardboard in a class of its own’ by Nicholas Pyke – Westborough Cardboard Building
June – The Sunday Times, Culture – Schools do not all have to look the same –Hugh Pearman – Westborough Primary School
April – The Architectural Review – ‘Budding Brits, recent work by an emerging generation of British Architect’ by Catherine Slessor
January – The Independent Magazine – Unknown (new British talent) by Caroline Wingfield
CABE – Education – Westborough Cardboard Building
Sustainable Architecture by Arian Mostaedi – Links Books (Spain) – Westborough Cardboard Building
Building for Young Children: The National Early Years Network by Mark Dudek – St Vincent Nursery
2001
December – CABE – Celebrating Innovation – ‘Innovation and Integration in design and construction’ – St Alban’s Nursery
September – RIBA Journal – ‘Cut out and keep’ by Eleanor Young- Westborough Cardboard building
March – Building – Technical Report by Thomas Lane – Westborough Cardboard Building
March – BBC 1 television, Live Lab, – Cardboard building broadcast live – Westborough Primary School
February – Building Design – ‘Primary Colours’ – Kieran Long – St Vincent Nursery, Churchill College
School Works Tool Kit – Westborough Primary School
2000
October – The Architecture of Schools and the New Learning Environments by Mark Dudek – Architectural Press (ISBN 0 7506 3585 1) – Westborough Primary School
June – The Independent – Monday Review ‘Building on cardboard dreams’ by Jay Merrick – Westborough Primary School
April – Independent on Sunday – ‘Children help build a cardboard school’ by Catherine Pepinster – Westborough Cardboard School
January – Der neue Systembau – Holz Beton Staal, Kinder im Container by Dworschak/Wenke – Werner Verlag (Dusseldorf)
Modular Construction using Light Steel Framing – An Architect’s Guide (DETR / Steel Construction Institute) – Lilliput Portakabin Nursery
1999
Scroope II: Cambridge Architectural Journal 1999 – Making Architecture
June – The Independent – Monday Review – ‘School prefabs get the designer touch’ by Nonie Niesewand
May – Building – ‘Primary Colours’ by Jessica Cargill Thompson – Lilliput Portakabin Nursery
March – TES – Carolyn O’Grady – Lilliput Portakabin Nursery
čovjek i prostor – broj 3/4 99 (Croatia) – ‘Britanske Arhitekture’ by Vinko Penezić and Krešimir Rogina
1998
October – Bauwelt: London 2000 – ‘Kindergarten aus Containern’ by Friederike Schneider – Lilliput Portakabin Nursery
November – The Daily Telegraph – Special Report: Millennium Design – ‘A Lilliput where toddlers can dream’ by Brenda Parry – Lilliput Portakabin Nursery
June – Time Out – ‘A Space odyssey: 50 Cutting Edge Classics’ by Jessica Cargill Thompson – St Edmund’s Church Centre
June – TES – ‘It’s not really a pre-fab hut’- Lilliput Portakabin Nursery
June – Building Design – Primary Colours- Robert Bevan – St Clare’s Clacton, Lilliput Portakabin Nursery
June – Blueprint – ‘Learning from Pref-Fabs’ by Naomi Stungo – Lilliput Portakabin Nursery
March – The Architecture Foundation – New Architects: A Guide to Britain’s Best Young Architectural Practices
February – Evening Standard – ‘Now boys and girls, today we’re going to build our own nursery’ by Joel Wolchover – Lilliput Portakabin Nursery
1997
October – Independent on Sunday – Review: Quite Unorthodox by Charles Darwent – St Martin’s Church
August – GLR BBC – Max Hutchinson and Niall Mclaughlin – St Martin’s Church & Newmartin Centre
August – RIBA Journal – Holy Smoke by John Welsh and Fr Carl Turner – St Martin’s Church & Newmartin Centre
February – The Architects’ Journal – Seaside Special – House extension Leigh-on-Sea
January – Building Design – Perspective – Clare Melhuish – Milton Hall Nursery
Design: The Journal of the Design Council – Michael Evamy – St Martin’s Church & Newmartin Centre
1996
November – RIBA Journal – ‘Play for Today’ by Naomi Stungo – Westborough Primary School, Milton Hall Primary School
October – Bauwelt – ‘Kapelle in East London’ by Christian Brensing - St Edmund’s Church Centre
September- The Canterbury Press Norwich – ‘Re-pitching the tent, re-ordering the church building for worship and mission in the new millennium’ by Richard Giles – St Edmund’s Chapel
Design: The Journal of the Design Council – ‘Bending the rules’ by Demetrios Matheou- Westborough Primary School, Milton Hall Primary School
1995
July – Perspectives on Architecture – ‘Divine Interventions’ by Edwin Heathcote- St Edmunds’ Church Centre
January Church Building by Clare Melhuish – St Edmund’s Church Centre
1993
August – Deutsche Bauzeitung – Inside of Africa – ‘New house Zimbabwe & house extension South Africa by Christian Brensing