New London Architecture
Don't Move, Improve!
This year's Overall Prize Winner, House Recast by Studio Ben Allen © French+Tye
The annual competition – now celebrating its 12th year – showcases the diversity and character of homes being redesigned in London.
With an annual exhibition, magazine and regular advice sessions with architects, engineers, and designers, the programme aims to celebrate London’s best domestic-scale designs and encourage homeowners to embark on their own home improvement project.
Our expert assessors and jury are currently reviewing submissions to Don't Move, Improve! 2022.
KEY DATES
Shortlist Announcement: March 2022
Design Surgeries
THE 2021 WINNERS
OVERALL PRIZE WINNER
Don't move, Improve
27 May 2021
Concrete connections: House Recast
House Recast by Studio Ben Allen is the overall winner of Don't Move, Improve 2021, a spatially "rich and interesting" refurbishment of a Victorian house in Haringey.
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Don't move, Improve
06 May 2021
Grain House by Hayhurst and Co. has won this year's Don't Move, Improve! Materiality & Craftmanship Prize. The prize recognises designs that take particular attention to detail and care when consideri...
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Don't move, Improve
06 May 2021
Plaster pleasure: Council House Renovation
Council House Renovation by VATRAA is the Joint Winner of this year's Compact Design of the Year Prize.
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06 May 2021
An interlocking puzzle: Two and Half Storey House
Two and Half Storey House by Bradley Van Der Straeten is the Joint Winner of this year's Compact Design of the Year Prize.
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Don't move, Improve
13 May 2021
Walter works!: The Segal House
Winner of the Environmental Leadership Prize, The Segal House by Fraher & Findlay is a house in south London that was designed following architect Walter Segal's self-build methods. The extension foll...
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13 May 2021
Cloistered House by Turner Architects has won the Urban Oasis of the Year prize. The restoration and extension of a Cubitt-built Georgian terraced house in a conservation area.
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Don't move, Improve
20 May 2021
Fluid connections: ER Residence
ER Residence by Studio Hallett Ike is the winner of the Best Project Under £100K award. The previously cramped galley kitchen has been opened up and adapted, and is now a fluid connection between the...
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Don't move, Improve
20 May 2021
Peak performance: Mountain View
Mountain View by CAN is the Unique Character Prize winner at Don't Move, Improve! 2021. A radical transformation of an Edwardian semi-detached house into a colourful family home topped with a stage se...
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Don't move, Improve
20 May 2021
Live / work balance: Terrazzo Studio
Terrazzo Studio by Sonn Studio has won the Working From Home Design of the Year prize, a striking end of garden studio and workshop in Hackney that was designed and self-built by the architect.
Read moreEXHIBITION AT THE NLA GALLERY AT COAL DROPS YARD
Featuring the nine winning homes from this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! competition through photography, videos, models and product samples, this exhibition showcases the best interventions to Londoners’ homes completed in the last two years
Celebration of Home: Don't Move, Improve! 2021
Don't move, Improve
Start: Thursday 01 July 2021 - 08:00
End: Friday 18 March 2022 - 18:00
The Don’t Move, Improve! exhibition is back to inspire and celebrate London’s best-designed and most innovative home extensions.
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MORE DON'T MOVE, IMPROVE! 2021 CONTENT
Awards
Don't Move, Improve! 2021 Shortlist
Twenty-two exceptional projects have been shortlisted for the Don't Move Improve! 2021 awards and are now in the running to be awarded the Overall Winner or Special Prizes.
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Awards
The 2021 competition seeking London's most innovative homes being re-designed in the capital.
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Align your organisation with any element of the NLA programme and benefit from association with thought leadership
Read moreMAGAZINES
Insight
Creative and ingenious solutions to extending London homes, over 100 projects of all styles, scale and budget.
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Insight
Showcasing all home projects featured in this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! competition, this magazine showcases a range o...
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Insight
Showcasing all home projects featured in this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! competition, this magazine showcases a range o...
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Insight
Showcasing all 120 projects featured in the 2017 Don’t Move, Improve! competition, this magazine showcases a range of so...
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Insight
This publication accompanies the competition, now in its sixth year, inviting architects, designers and homeowners to su...
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Insight
Providing a resource for anyone looking to create more usable space within their home, NLA's first publication to illust...
Read morePAST WINNERS
Don't Move, Improve! 2020 Winners
Soffit House by Proctor and Shaw has been announced as the overall winner of Don’t Move, Improve 2020!
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Don’t Move, Improve! 2019 Winners
Chapel by Craftworks has been crowned overall winner of Don’t Move, Improve! 2019! Now in its ninth year, the annual competition celebrates London’s best-designed new home extensions and improvements,...
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Don’t Move, Improve! 2018 Winners
Sun Rain Rooms by Tonkin Liu has been crowned overall winner of Don’t Move, Improve! 2018! Celebrating London’s best-designed new home extensions and improvements, the annual competition promotes the...
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Don’t Move, Improve! 2017 Winners
The Sunken Bath Project by Studio 304 Architecture has been crowned overall winner of the ‘Don’t Move, Improve!’ 2017 awards, praised for its compelling design that created a new feature bathroom that...
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