Race + Architecture - How do we decolonise design? Architecture Unknown July 2020 Podcast Black out - Architecture Unknown in support of Selasi Setufe from Black Females in Architecture The supremacy of white architecture is a huge problem for an industry which under represents black and minority backgrounds by a wide margin but has such an influence over so many lives. In this podcast we are so lucky to be joined by our friend and role model Selasi Setufe, co-founder of the Black Females in Architecture network and RIBA Council member, to discuss the path to becoming a black female architect. Black Females in Architecture - Diversity doesn't require only equality it needs equity to be effective Discussing Selasi's journey as well as what drove her to become an architect originally we touch on the lack of representation in architectural curricula, the variance in the spatial character of the home and the gulf between equality and equity that we must still cross. 1/9

141 Holme House Farm Site Overlay with Roof Plan.jpg OPTION 4.jpg Option 5 Site.jpg Site Overlay with Roof Plan.jpg 1/4 Client Private Client Location Kendal, Lake District Budget £300k Collaborators ​ Downloads ​ A WikiHome Nestled in the Farm The proposal is for a new build house nestled within woodland as part of the redevelopment of Holme House Farm. The aim is to provide an eco-family home that embraces the unique rural-edge setting, the site and it’s constraints, the neighbour’s previously completed designs and the Cumbrian backdrop but also the character, lifestyle and desires of the clients. The project’s core aim is to create a space that is not only warm, joyful and uplifting clients and their children but enhances the natural world and reduces their carbon footprint. This is a space that will host parties and gathering with friends, neighbours and family but will also be a space that encourages and nourishes the creative spirit and soul of the family. We want to create a building that is a amalgamation of the clients and the site. This plan makes the most of the width by having two living spaces stacked vertically and connected via a double heigh void. This would create an incredible entertaining and play environment that connects to a significant balcony at first floor level. This scheme captures the essence of an upside down house. The position of the balcony and the screening of the trees would make this quite a secluded spot which would get amazing evening sunshine. This direct connection between the primary living space and the balcony would make this a special space to spend time.

Empowering communities through architecture. Your vision, our expertise, shared values. Inspiration is a universal constant in everyone and everything. Communities are the result of the interwoven history of a place and its people. These facts are the foundations of our practice; our aim is bring people together to tell stories about the future of their spaces. We create opportunities for dialogue between neighbours and use this as a source of inspiration to foster understanding about shared histories on which to build a hopeful vision of tomorrow. Services Public Engagement ​ Creative consultation Building communities Embedding architecture Architecture ​ Inspire our clients High quality design Professional services Wikihouse ​ Low cost Low energy High performance Clients National Trust (Charity) ​ ​ 2nd Whalley Range Scouts (Charity) ​ ​ Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Charity) ​ ​ Homes 4 Ulverston Community Land Trust (CLT) ​ ​ ​ ​ Little Hulton Big Local (Charity) ​​ ​ ​ Harpurhey Neighbourhood Project (Charity) ​​ Rooted In Homes (Charity) ​ ​ Digital Woodoo​ ​ ​ ​Apostolic Faith Mission Church (Faith Group) ​ ​ ​ Incredible Education CIC ​ ​ Coffee4Craig (Charity) Ulverston Victoria High School Testimonial - Julian Beach, 2nd Whalley Testimonial - Chris Shepherd, National T Testimonial - Steve and James Robinson, Testimonial - Julian Beach, 2nd Whalley 1/7 Team Charlie Butterwick Director Charlie is a stoic architect with dash of charm who's always finding ways to talk himself into trouble and out of it again. Dan Kelso Director Dan is a powerful, creative problem-solver, and enjoys leveraging his engagement skills both on and off the pitch. Premdyl Shadan Architectural Assistant Premdyl is passionate about biophilic design and has the optimism to balance nature and urban diverse communities. Biscuit Architectural Therapist Biscuit will not stop chewing on any sketches she finds that don't meet her approval. She runs a tight ship!

WikiHouse Special Edition 2023 EZINE 09- Download Now Architecture Unknown October 2023 Article ​ Welcome back to the WikiHouse Special Edition of the Architecture Unknown Ezine where you can get all your AU News update fixes. This issue is a bit different because it’s our WikiHouse special edition, where we celebrate everything WikiHouse during AU’s WikiHouse month. To all our friends, clients and casual readers, as we head into autumn we hope you had an enjoyable and great summer of 2022 so far and hope to see you over the coming months. Follow us on our social media and website to keep up to date with our latest projects. ​ WEBPAGE LAUNCH We have just launched our official WikiHouse page that highlights AU’s ambitions through design and technical knowledge. The page, will showcase our portfolio of past, current and upcoming projects that utilise this system. We also have a new FAQ section that answers common questions we face when approaching a new WikiHouse project. NEW CLIENTS AU would like to take this opportunity to formally say hello to our new clients, the Langdale Hotel and Spa in Ambleside, Lake District, where we’ll be working alongside them to provide eco-friendly WIkiHouse accommodation for their onsite staff. THE WIKIHOUSE PRODUCT Be like Charlie... Build your own home extension! At AU, we are now offering a package deal for you to get your hands on Charlie’s extension Wiki-files for only £297 incl. VAT. This package includes: 1. An instruction manual that denotes a step-by-step process of your build from start to finish. 2. Support from the Architecture Unknown team if you have any queries during your build/ order process. 3. The cutting files you need to have your new 4.2x2.6m extension fabricated. 4. All the background information required to set up your site and guidance on who you need to speak to to finish your build. https://www.architectureunknown.co.uk/a-wikihouse-product CHARLIE'S HOME! Charlie’s house got a makeover! A bunch of us went over to his place and built this 11sqm extension in two days. This single storey rear extension, 3-frame structure which we designed and was manufactured with Digital Woodoo. Here’s to experimenting and looking forward to the complete extension. HOLME HOUSE FARM The proposal is for a new build house nestled within woodland as part of the redevelopment of Holme House Farm. The aim is to provide an eco-family home that embraces the unique rural-edge setting, the site and it’s constraints, the neighbour’s previously completed designs and the Cumbrian backdrop but also the character, lifestyle and desires of the clients. 2023 WikiHouse Update 1_Page_1.jpg 2023 WikiHouse Update2.jpg 2023 WikiHouse Update4.jpg 2023 WikiHouse Update 1_Page_1.jpg 1/4

124 Nest TinyHomes & Rooted Homes instagram cumbria 1.jpg instagram cumbria 2.jpg instagram cumbria 3.jpg instagram cumbria 1.jpg 1/4 Client Digital Woodoo CIC Location Cumbria Budget ​ Collaborators Digital Woodoo CIC Downloads https://digitalwoodoo.co.uk/homes/ Microhomes in Cumbria Nest TinyHomes- compact & modular The Nest homes are a range of compact homes that can be fixed or movable. Just as the name suggests, these homes can be sympathetically nestled into the landscape with very little disturbance to nature. Comes in a one or two bedroom modular home, the Nest Homes range is for those seeking economical and stylish tiny house living. The versatile TinyHomes feature an open plan kitchen lounge, bathroom and double bedroom. The TinyHouse design can be additional accommodation in your back garden, a single compact self build, starter homes, eco-park homes, elderly housing or community group developments. Rooted Homes- spacious & modern The Rooted Homes are for those who want to put down roots. The single storey homes have modularity built in, so these homes can grow as your needs change. Our range covers smaller one bedroom homes up to a two storey three bedroom home. The Yan is a one bedroom modular home, thus an ideal starter home, with spacious open plan lounge kitchen including study room, double bedroom, bathroom and even a small utility room! The Tyan offers two double bedrooms with a discrete office space, spacious open plan lounge kitchen and a full size bathroom. This model can be an extension of the Yan, through the simple addition of a bedroom module. The Tethera is a bright and spacious family home, offering three generous double bedrooms (one ensuite) with a spacious open plan lounge kitchen and a full size bathroom.

We won an RIBAJ Rising Star Award 2021! Architecture Unknown Nov 2021 Awards Corny photos with our print copy of the RIBAJ November 2021! So we didn't take these corny photos just for fun... I'm really pleased to announce that one of our Director's Charlie Butterwick has been awarded an RIBAJ Rising Star 2021. This has been a really humbling experience and we're so proud (and somewhat dazed) in the Architecture Unknown office to have been recognised. The RIBAJ article (https://www.ribaj.com/intelligence/rising-stars-2021-awards-winners-charlie-butterwick-architecture-unknown-founder) highlighted our commitment "to delivering sustainable, cost-effective solutions that his clients can participate in constructing" alongside our vision "to make the public and residents partners in design; to promote shared values and identity; and to design buildings that inspire clients and champion their values." We couldn't put it better ourselves! Capture of the RIBAJ's Rising Star webpage (https://www.ribaj.com/intelligence/agitating-for-change-rising-stars-intro-2021) The judges, here specifically Yasmin Al-Ani Spence said "He is doing a community project [and in so doing] is changing the structure of how these are done. It is a nice, simple, honest representation of someone who works hard and has a good, solid idea". We couldn't be prouder of being recognised in this way and is a testament to the whole team's aspirational thinking, drive to deliver against the odds and 100% belief in the power of the people to deliver beautiful buildings. We don't do what we do for the awards but it's darn-nice for your passion and professional expertise to be seen. Thank you to the RIBAJ and Origin for organising this years awards and we look forward to meeting and learning from all the other finalists when we meet them in person later this year! 1/8

Food + Architecture - Is architecture food for the soul? Architecture Unknown May 2020 Podcast Celebrating gastronomically divine buildings of all shapes and sizes How closely are architecture and food intertwined in our modern cities? Do we use the same creative processes to make these disparate objects? Is architecture for consumption in the same, or a different way to food? All these questions and more will be answered! Is it a layered cake or mortar drips? It's clearly a mystery! Our hot or not this week are Couldrey House, Brisbane Peter Besley and The Range, Eynesbury Hardwicke. In the news we touch on Manchester's newly approved Blade and Cylinder by Renaker, London Road Fire Station's proposed redevelopment, car free streets in Milan, the now 2021 Serpentine Pavilion by Counterspace and Altrincham FC's plans for a new stadium. https://www.hnna.co/couldrey-house https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/serpentine-pavilion-2020/21-designed-counterspace 1/14

133 Butterwick Extension WhatsApp Image 2023-10-04 at 18.56.01_4e2b8cab.jpg 345080740_2247570895427361_8655074327175193552_n.jpg 345257833_127139630372460_9092936185955407165_n.jpg WhatsApp Image 2023-10-04 at 18.56.01_4e2b8cab.jpg 1/6 Client Charlie Butterwick Location South Manchester Budget ​ Collaborators Digital Woodoo CIC Downloads ​ A WikiHouse for AU?, by AU? Charlie's house got a makeover! A bunch of us went over to his place and built this 11sqm extension in two days. This single storey rear extension, 3-frame structure which we designed and was manufactured with Digital Woodoo. Here's to experimenting and looking forward to the complete extension. We've got more media coming your way so stay tuned!

WikiHouse SKYLARK Launch Event Architecture Unknown March 2022 Article Skylark Launch Event It was with great pleasure that the AU team were invited to attend the recent launch event of the new updated Wikihouse building system, Skylark at the Building Centre in London. It's not very often that we get the chance to venture south, especially in these Covid times, so we jumped at the chance and the whole team hopped on a train for a big day out in London. The launch event was pencilled in for 6pm, however, the WikiHouse foundation and the team at Open Systems Lab were building their excellent protype in the late morning, giving us the chance to experience its assembly first hand, and pitch in where we can. We can safely say this didn't take too long and the team of volunteers had it assmebled in no time. This allowed us to sneak off and be wandering northerners in the big smoke. We explored the sites and sounds the area and then nipped into British Muesum, may be not the most architecturally relevant place we could visit but a wonderful place none the less. As always, a few books were aquired before we headed back for the party. Clayton lays out the stats The launch party was extremely well attended, with the upstairs space at the building centre packed out for the big reveal. Stiring speaches by Alastair, Clayton and his team ignited a fire in the crowd and our team, the wonderful canapes and free beers also helped. But in all seriousness, this new Skylark system can be a game changer for WikiHouse. Open Systems Lab (the creators) have evolved the original system from Wren, actually this is system is based on a completely different structural approach and is accompanied by all the relevant strutural calculations required, making it far more accessible for the common person. I won't go into the details, but it is certainly worth going to the website and having a read. It certainly is revolutionary in places but we do think it does come with some limitations. It is our view that our own branch of Wren, which we call Magpie, sits nicely, beside and complementarly to Skylark. We believe that there is a place for both systems and each systems suitablity will depend on the architectural and thus structural resolution the design seeks. This means that the AU team will bring the Skylark system into our repetioire of construction solution options, adding our expertise to the system but also continuing to develop Magpie along side Skylark. Exciting times ahead on the WikiHouse and self build front. 1/17

Spring 2022 EZINE04 - Download Now Architecture Unknown March 2022 News RIBA Journal Rising Star 2021 Welcome back to the Spring Edition of the Architecture Unknown Ezine where you can get all your AU News update fixes. It’s been a very busy start of the year with exciting updates from the planning side and some new interesting projects. To all our friends, clients and casual readers, as we head into spring we hope you had an enjoyable and great start to 2022 and hope to see you over the coming months. Follow us on our social media and website to keep up to date with our latest projects. Until next time. Daniel AU Co-Director EXCITING NEWS Further recognition for the 2nd Whalley Range Scout Hall has come in with the building making the longlist for the MacEwan Award and was featured in the recent RIBAJournal. Meanwhile AU and our Director Daniel Kelso were recognised by online magazine Techround in a recent article 'Which UK Universities have the Most Successful Startup Founders?' ​ RIBA Journal Rising Star 2021 We’re proud to announce that our director Charlie has been awarded a Rising Star 2021 award by the Royal Institute of British Architect’s Journal. PLANNING PERMISSION GRANTED Front extension and rear alterations for the Brooks Road project in Manchester. Going on site at the start of April. Another WIKIHOUSE DESIGN is ready to be submitted for planning AU were appointed to design a WikiHouse meditation retreat in the Lake District, which is to be submitted for planning in spring 2022. We have worked closely with naked build co. on this to deliver a unique scheme for our client. Go to the Projects page to see the latest images for this existing project. 72 OSWALD RD GREATER MANCHESTER HOUSE EXTENSION - Private client An Edwardian Home Extension seeking to accommodate a growing family. The proposal adds a brick side ground floor extension and attic conversion with associated zinc clad dormer to the property. This will create living space in the kitchen area and add a fourth bedroom with improved home office space. Planning for the scheme has been achieved late 2021 and we’re looking forward to this going on site later in the year. WIKIHOUSE BUILD for naked build co. We started 2022 with the opportunity to test build our new Wikihouse Magpie prototype with Naked Build in the Lake District! The Architecture Unknown Team made it to site and learned more about how to design, engage and build with Wikihouse. It was great fun and a good learning experience Magpie, as explained in our previous winter Ezine is our new version of the WikiHouse that is designed for community-self build projects. Our passion is to help people understand the benefits of using Wihikouse. Design and construction is the start to creating an inclusive dialogue. Yet another milestone for this great construction system that we want to share with you. The WikiHouse Skylark launch on the 10th of February at the Building Centre in London was a wonderful way to connect with like-minded people and have a glimpse at the new WikiHouse system, Skylark. 1/7

136 The White House 23.136.SK1 P1 - 3D VIEW- Option 1_page-0001.jpg 23.136.304 P1 - PROPOSED GA FLOOR PLANS (SHEET 2 OF 2)- Option 1_page-0001.jpg 23.136.304 P1 - PROPOSED GA FLOOR PLANS (SHEET 2 OF 2)- Option 2_page-0001.jpg 23.136.SK1 P1 - 3D VIEW- Option 1_page-0001.jpg 1/4 Client Private Client Location Hyde, Manchester Budget TBC Collaborators ​ Downloads ​ Giving the Attic New Life The project is split within two areas of the home. The first aim is to bring the attic back to life by creating a space that is open and connected whilst creating a play-haven that looks out into beautiful views at every window. Spaces need to be light filled, and make the attic a wholesome multi-purpose family zone by combining modern and traditional elements. Having discussed the design in detail during the Design in a Day session we agreed that the attic would be divided into two mains sections. One section to accommodate two bedrooms and one bathroom whilst the other end is a open landing, balcony, play room and office. This design option looks at creating a clear landing upon entering the attic space. The existing dormer will be changed to full glass with an access to a new balcony. This enforces a visual connection from the landing into the green belt, creating an indoor-outdoor picture moment, where pool is played whilst admiring the view. On the left, through a set of pivot doors that can be left open for easy circulation, is a sensory play zone and box window library that connects into a private office. On the right are two bedrooms and a shared bathroom for guests. One of the bedrooms converts the dormer into a modern box window whilst the other bedroom introduces skylights and a large gable end window that is perfect for sunset views. Under the eaves are storage drawers that can be rolled out. Secondly the aim is to an internal energy upgrade to the existing envelope of the house. To do this we will need to internally insulate several rooms and bathrooms, insulate the roof but using the existing structure and create a side dormer (that replaces the existing side dormer) that creates higher ceiling for easy circulation. The aim is also to minimise thermal bridging and increase thermal capacity within the home. We will also be looking into ventilation/ heating systems that are cost effective.

055 Nike Air Max 95 Retrospective 1/8 Client SEVENSTORE Location Liverpool Budget £10k Collaborators Nike - www.nike.com Downloads ​ Exploring the heart of Liverpool Conceived by Sergio Lozano, during the mid ‘90s, the Air Max 95 design took shape via cues from the human body, with a lacing system inspired by a set of ribs, a spine inspired outer sole and a mesh and suede upper representing muscle fibres. At the time is was visionary and redefined the sneaker for a generation. Nike’s fearless endeavour to innovate and push the boundaries of sneaker design resembles the innovative fearless City of Liverpool and its people. Emerging from the muds of the Mersey, its been through its ups and downs, through continued reinvention, a strength of will and character it has survived and grown to become a world class city with a unique and strong identity, with trainers and sport athleisure wear, epitomised Nike brand and the AM95s, at its heart. Our task is to design an artistic installation that captures the essence of this iconic sneaker against the back drop of the city reborn. Our first concept, From the Mud, imagines the spirit of Liverpool, the Scouser, emerging from the muddy earth on a journey of self-actualisation with the Air Max 95 as the source of their power. This concept would see the construction of huge chest/torso cavity filling the floor to ceiling height of the Sevenstore basement with arms grasping the pillars as a figure pulls itself from the earth. Our second concept, X-Ray Deconstruct 110s, imagines a deconstructed 110, reordered into a walk through piece that is an allusion to the 90s rave culture into which it was born. The technical elements of the shoe are exploded to dig down to the heart of the aesthetic that changed casual fashion so drastically. Defined against a lighting scheme that journeys from dark into light, this project aims to immerse and then reveal in fragments the challenges to the 110s' iconic success.