Konishi Gaffney

Ethos

Konishi Gaffney self-built their own house in Edinburgh in 2008 and set up Konishi Gaffney Architects, winning awards for their first two finished projects.

They work in three main areas: housing, arts and social enterprise projects. They have completed 5 new houses and numerous extensions and conversions of existing buildings. They led a feasibility study and design for a new not-for-profit Kindergarten on the beach in Edinburgh and are working on turning a disused farm building into a new food production facility in rural Fife

In August 2011 they won a national architecture competition organised by the Glasgow Institute of Architects to design a "blueprint for the survival and growth of rural communities" with an arts led landscape proposal.

They have also extensive experience of exhibition design work having completed projects at Heatherwick Studio for the V&A and Science Museums and more recently at Konishi Gaffney a traveling exhibition of aerial photographs in Scotland.

Awards

2014 shortlisted AJ Small Projects: Regent Street Dormer 2014 shortlisted EAA Small Projects: Rosefield Avenue 2011 shortlisted AJ Small Projects: Bath Street Window 2011 COMMENDATION Saltire Housing Award: Bath Street Window 2011 shortlisted EAA Small Projects Award: Bath Street Window 2010 WINNER EAA Small Projects Award: Japanese House 2010 Shortlisted Saltire Housing Award: Japanese House

Website

http://www.konishigaffney.com

Project sectors

One-off Homes
Interior Design
Refurbishment and Extensions
Retirement Living
Office Base Build
Office Fit-out
Retail Interiors
Bars, Cafes & Restaurants
Community Centres
Libraries
Housing Scheme (20+)
Galleries and Museums
Theatres & Performing Arts
Temporary Installations
Heritage & Religious Buildings
Public Spaces
Urban Design
Sheds, Cabins & Outhouses
Studios and Workshops
Guesthouses & Hotels
Housing Scheme (0-20)
Private Rented Schemes
Mixed Use-developments

Specialist skills

Sustainable Design
Self-Build
Thermal Retrofit
Historic Restoration
Refurbishment

Services offered

Feasibility

Budget

Minimum no min
Maximum no max

Bath Street Window
Japanese House
Regency Dormer
Rosefield
Trinity Road

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Bath Street Window

Kitchen alteration to Grade B Listed house

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Konishi Gaffney

Japanese House

In 2009 Konishi Gaffney completed their own self built house in Edinburgh. The Japanese House was shortlisted for a Saltire Housing Award and won the Edinburgh Architecture Association (EAA) small projects award for 2010. It has been widely published and was opened in 2010 for Edinburgh's Doors Open day, receiving an extraordinary 1500 visitors.