Aurore Baulier earned her structure diploma in Brittany and her masters in sustainable structure in Gothenburg, Sweden. Again in her native France, she was a member of Louis Vuitton’s in-house structure agency when Barber & Osgerby lured her to their Common Design Studio in London. It proved a superb transfer: a decade later, Aurore runs her personal RIBA-chartered London follow, Atelier Baulier, specializing in sustainable design (Aurore additionally occurs to be an authorized PassivHaus Designer).
One of many agency’s latest tasks, a West London home replace for a household of 4, caught our eye because of its well-restored Edwardian façade and again extension with a gleaming sawtoothed roofline. Aurore describes the overhaul as a “low-carbon deep retrofit highlighting the usage of pure supplies as a brand new customary.” Assume hidden options, akin to wooden fiber insulation and a warmth pump within the backyard, in addition to beneficiant new residing areas with lime plaster and stained plywood finishes, and a number of pure mild. We’re not the one ones who’ve taken observe: the home has been nominated for ArchDaily’s Constructing of the Yr 2026 and shortlisted for a RIBA London award. Be a part of us for a go searching.
Pictures by Jim Stephenson, courtesy of Atelier Baulier (@atelier.baulier).



Aurore writes: “The inverted double-pitch attracts inspiration from the geometry of the unique outrigger, replicating its 22-degree slope. The brand new roof shifts upward at a 55-degree angle reverse the present slope, making a hanging double-peak silhouette.” The extension has a timber body and is completed with salmon-colored lime render from Lime Inexperienced. The tiles that wrap across the base function “protecting skirting, safeguarding the lime render from water splashes whereas including visible richness and tying into the inexperienced tiled foot of the entrance door.”










