Season’s Greetings from Cousins & Cousins

Dezeen’s Top 10 Staircases of 2020

We are delighted to be featured in Dezeen’s top 10 staircases of 2020 with Kenwood Lee House’s floating oak stair, anchored by the solid board marked concrete wall.

Suspended beneath is a fun wooden swing especially for daydreaming.

Read more about Kenwood Lee House here and…

Dezeen’s Top 10 Staircases of 2020

Cousins & Cousins Featured in Homes & Gardens

It’s lovely to see our St John’s Wood stair featured here in Homes & Gardens.

Running from the basement up through this a three-storey home is a new bespoke staircase. From basement to ground it is made from in situ cast concrete whilst from ground to second…

Cousins & Cousins Featured in Homes & Gardens

MoA Why I went into Architecture

Co Founder Jelena Cousins was invited to tell the story of her journey into architecture to Museum of Architecture this week. Read more of her interesting story here.

MoA Why I went into Architecture

Newly Qualified Architect

We’re pleased to share the news that our colleague Glenn Wooldridge has qualified as a Part III Architect from Westminster University. Congratulations Glenn!

Read more about Glenn here.

Newly Qualified Architect

Open House London Talk

We really enjoyed talking about ‘Rediscovering the Home’ with We Design Homes as part of Open House London.
Ben and Jelena discussed some of our most recent work and showed how celebrating the wonderful heritage of our buildings can lead to a bold and well-crafted home.

Open House London Talk

Ben Cousins Talks to OnOffice Magazine

Read Ben Cousins’ thoughts about how the re‐use of existing buildings and creation architecture off site, will help to generate a more sustainable future and greener workspaces in OnOffice magazine here. Currently under construction, our modular office design for flexible workplace provider Uncommon in Fulham is a

Ben Cousins Talks to OnOffice Magazine

Planning Permission Granted

We’re delighted to be granted planning permission to transform this historic Grade II listed home in North London as announced in the Architects’ Journal. The scheme design will balance sensitive restoration with new contemporary living and sustainability. Read the article here.

Planning Permission Granted

The Future of the Office in Architect’s Journal

Over the years our experience of workplace design has convinced us that the future of office design is flexibility, adaptability, consideration of health and wellbeing and respect for environment. Co founder Ben Cousins was pleased to be approached by the Architects’ Journal to comment on the changing world

The Future of the Office in Architect’s Journal

Schüco Awards Judge

Jelena Cousins is looking forward to judging at the Schüco Awards and recognising the hard work of our industry colleagues with a great group of judges.

Awards will be made for projects that incorporate Schueco facade, window and door systems in nine categories: Commercial building, Cultural

Schüco Awards Judge

New London Awards Judge

Cousins & Cousins Director Jelena Cousins has had a busy morning judging a selection of diverse London dwellings for the New London Awards for New London Architecture today. Jelena said, ‘It was good to be part of a great judging panel and to recognise the hard work of

New London Awards Judge

Lockdown Life Sketch

We’re delighted to see Jelena’s sketch featured in The Modern House’s ‘Architect’s Drawings from Life Under Lockdown’ series.
Jelena says, ‘It’s a depiction of the surreal life in lockdown that feels like I haven’t moved from the same spot in weeks while my girls are locked in

Lockdown Life Sketch