Award-winning architectural practice Chance de Silva has a reputation for daring, one-off projects characterised by attentive, artful ideas (their work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale). This building’s idiosyncratic triangular shape has been constructed from a material palette of concrete, galvanised steel, banks of glazing and red ochre zinc that coalesces to creates a careful balance of rawness and tactility. The result is a robust, singular space that also boasts three separate outdoors areas. Plus it couldn’t be any closer to London Fields, bringing one of London’s most-loved green spaces to your distinguished doorstep.

It’s an exciting proposition to shake up a quiet row of Victorian terraces by adding an ultra-modern, timber-slatted take on the townhouse, but that’s exactly what architects alma-nac have done with this five-bedroom home in Wandsworth. By adding a series of balconies and an arresting side tower, the design celebrates the soaring height of the building, culminating in a roof terrace with far-reaching views over Battersea and Clapham. The flowing spatial arrangement, environmental credentials and finish are all superlative.

A newly completed development on a wonderful elevated parkland setting in the rural south-east of Suffolk, Thornborough Park has a lot to recommend it. This exceptional cluster of net carbon zero homes has been developed by the RIBA award-winning Andrew Hughes Architects and design-led local developers, Nest. Characterised by lofty, sloping ceilings, impeccable joinery and a minimal palette of contemporary materials, each home is also a shining example of conscientious construction and boasts a host of efficiency measures which have resulted in an A-rated EPC.

Please note, these images are of house five. Houses three and seven are also still available.

Haverstock Architects started work on this small rural development in 2019 and have already realised an exceptional barn conversion on this bucolic plot. Dairy Row IV offers a chance to create your own contemporary home on a generous, one-and-a-half acre plot on the fringe of this cleverly conceived enclave in the undulating Suffolk countryside. Plans to repurpose a redundant barn and add a triple-glazed extension demonstrate the practice’s clear vision for contemporary living. Energy efficiency and heat retention are at the heart of the design, with allowances for augmented insulation, underfloor heating and self-regulating thermometers.

Nestled in the south-west edge of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, Rampton Road offers a brilliant opportunity to create a modern house in-keeping with the local vernacular by utilising reclaimed Cambridge handmade stock brick. The design by architect Louis Scott takes the form of a modern, three-storey house with three-bedrooms and a sophisticated layout centring around an open-plan living space centred around a statement fireplace. The superb countryside setting is ushered in through banks floor-to-ceiling glazing, with a pitched roof nodding to neighbouring barns.