From the architect – “Located within the small hamlet of Trevanson, North Cornwall, Hidden House nestles within an existing garden, flanked on three sides by mature trees, with expansive views towards the Camel Estuary beyond.

The beauty of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is unquestionable; the project site feels like a hidden world; immediately relaxing and connected with nature.

The limited material external palette of rugged grey brickwork reflects the tones and textures of the local stonework seen in the vernacular buildings of the area. The building is conceived to be a series of simple sculptural forms which provide an elegant backdrop to the lush vegetation within which it is embedded.

Commissioned to be a permanent home, Hidden House will provide energy-efficient, generous and flexible family accommodation—designed to take advantage of it’s secluded site with a sensitive approach in form, massing and materiality, to the landscape in which it sits.

Responding to the site’s orientation, views, and wider context, the design comprises a cluster of three masonry single-storey elements with a lightweight glazed links between which frame views and provide fluid visual connectivity with the landscape setting.

Focused around a natural swimming pool, the sheltered and private courtyard garden will provide a haven for wildlife, creating a string sense of living within a garden.”

“Designed to replace three existing structures of differing uses and scales:- an arable grain barn, a residential bungalow and a dilapidated piggery structure. The proposal was designed to re-tell the history of the site through its form; referencing the three existing buildings through form and materiality – and by hypothetically ‘pinching’ the buildings together to create one new building of three distinct forms, connected by permeable linking sections.”

CGI artworks created using Autodesk 3DS Max, Corona Render, iToo ForestPack and RailClone + Adobe Photoshop.

CGI Artworks by James Lawley Studio in collaboration with Matt Williams.

Designed to create a pair of contemporary dwellings which are referential to the vernacular but also address the issues presented by the climate emergency.

By embedding a cluster of simple blackened huts nestled into the dunes overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the aim is to create an architectural response that is ambitious yet modest : a design that is both contemporary and timeless.

All images are fully CGI, including the context and distance coastlines (with the exception of the birds and people added to a couple of the images) – extensively using Megascans and ForestPack.

An extensive set of exterior and interior CGIs for a beautiful pair of new homes in a highly sought-after rural setting.

Working in close collaboration with the client and their design team, we created a number of images to best represent the aspirational lifestyle the properties represent.

After seeing a similar project on ArchDaily, I wanted to recreate the interiors (with exteriors to follow) of this beautiful space. All images are 99% directly from the rendered, with some minor colour adjustments using the Nik Collection of tools.