Francesco Pierazzi Architects

04/06/2026

Very pleased to share that Sawtooth House has been featured on RIBAJ.com.

The project reworks a Victorian house in Kingston upon Thames, replacing a tired rear extension with a new brick addition shaped by a double sawtooth roof.

Thank you to RIBA Journal and .armitagehookes for featuring the project, and to for the photography.

Full feature via link in bio.

14/05/2026

Casa Bassa has also been awarded the RIBA South East Small Project of the Year Award 2026.

To receive both a RIBA Award and the Small Project of the Year Award is an extraordinary honour for our practice and for everyone involved in the project.

Casa Bassa demonstrates how small scale architecture can still be ambitious, rigorous and deeply transformative through careful reuse, craftsmanship and attention to detail. We are immensely grateful to our clients, collaborators and builders whose commitment made the project possible.

Thank you to the RIBA South East jury and congratulations again to all the awarded and shortlisted projects.


 
 
 


13/05/2026

Last night, Casa Bassa was announced as the winner of a RIBA South East Award 2026.
We are incredibly honoured to receive this recognition from the RIBA.

Casa Bassa was conceived as a careful and deeply collaborative transformation, exploring material restraint, adaptive reuse and the relationship between architecture, landscape and craft. The project could not have happened without the trust and commitment of our clients and the dedication of the wider team involved throughout the process.

Thank you to the RIBA South East jury and congratulations to all the other awarded and shortlisted practices.


 
 
 


26/02/2026

26/02/2026

Casa Bassa has been shortlisted for a RIBA South East Award 2026.
We are deeply honoured to see this project recognised by the RIBA. Casa Bassa is a careful transformation that explores light, craft and material restraint, balancing robust external form with a calm and finely detailed interior.
This recognition belongs to a brave and committed client and to the wider team who helped realise the project with such precision and care.
Thank you to RIBA and RIBA South East and congratulations to all shortlisted practices.

23/02/2026

Looking again at an older project through the new lens of visual artist Nathan Hill.
What began as a modest timber pavilion, conceived as a permeable piece of civic architecture, returns here reimagined across different contexts and cities.
The project was always about lightness, porosity and occupation rather than form making. A simple structure to sit within the public realm. Shade, water, timber, people. Nothing more and nothing less.
Nathan’s images reopen the project and test its ability to travel, to settle temporarily, to belong in different urban and cultural settings while remaining fundamentally unchanged.
It is always revealing to revisit earlier work.
Distance allows projects to be read differently, sometimes more clearly than when they were first drawn.

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09/01/2026

Sawtooth House — a contemporary extension shaped by sustainability, context and conviction.

What began as the need to replace an ageing addition became an opportunity to re-imagine the home through a low-energy, future-focused lens. Drawing inspiration from Kingston’s industrial past and the saw-tooth roofs of Middle Mill, the new volumes reinterpret local heritage with a modern language.

A project made possible by clients who believed in the value of contemporary design — even when the process demanded resilience.

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07/01/2026

Looking at past projects with fresh eyes, through the lens of

This pavilion began with an unlikely but powerful starting point: the anatomy of a cricket ball. By dissecting a highly crafted object, the design process revealed something more essential — that space is defined not by what fills it, but by the void it encloses. An idea often explored by Frank Lloyd Wright, and one that became central to this proposal.

Cork forms the building’s skin, alternating rhythmically with slivers of glass to create convex “trunks” that echo both the forests where cork is harvested and the wooded landscape of the Coniston Fells. The undulating façade references the corrugated language of rural architecture, while the natural imperfections of the material bring the pavilion closer to nature.

The programme is broken into a series of primary spaces that interconnect to generate multiple spatial configurations. A unifying overhanging roof anchors the composition to the site, aligned with the existing stone wall — grounding the architecture both physically and conceptually.

A competition entry revisited, re-seen, and re-imagined through new visuals.

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02/05/2025

Thrilled to share that Casa Bassa was the winner in the Light, Space and Atmosphere category of the Daylight from Above Awards, organised by the in collaboration with

Grateful to my wonderful clients for their trust, to the skilled contractor who brought the vision to life, and to structural engineer Mbok for their expertise and care.

An honour to be recognised for a project where natural light plays such a central role in shaping atmosphere and experience.

24/04/2025

The entrance to CASA BASSA is deliberately understated—a sculpted flight of steep steps, clad in green patterned tiles, forms a small open-air antechamber that subtly separates the garden from the interior.
Discreet openings are hidden within the dark timber façade, enhancing the building’s monolithic character. From a distance, the building reads as a solid volume; up close, it reveals moments of detail, precision, and craftsmanship.
Sustainability is embedded throughout—from reused foundations and steel, to timber-based finishes and high-performance insulation, the project champions low-impact design with a high level of finish.

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Slide 1: “A sculptural zinc volume anchors the new extension, subtly cantilevered above charred timber cladding. It’s a quiet yet confident contrast to the existing home — seamless, but never silent.”

Slide 2: “A striking gateway clad in zinc and charred timber gently nestles into the landscape, offering privacy and precision. The approach is softened by dense greenery — an intentional contrast to the building’s crisp geometry.”

Slide 3: “This projecting zinc bay window offers a moment of stillness — drawing in light, sky, and treetop views. The Shou Sugi Ban base anchors the volume, grounding it in craft and texture.”