A selection of project updates, team events and studio interests.

View fullsize This gorgeous private swimming pool project in Sandwich Bay edges closer to a springtime completion, certainly it shall be in full use by our client in Summertime 🌞. Good teamwork all round! @xlpools
View fullsize Very excited for our mother Doris del Renzio who is exhibiting her charming oil paintings that offer an abstract glimpse into her garden. She is exhibiting alongside a number of Thanet based women artists in an exhibition titled 'Art of Experience'
View fullsize #WIP little update on the Sandwich Bay project: Delicious external finishes are beginning to appear! We are using natural Iroko slats for the curved benching (mocked up) and Fossil Limestone flags (being laid). The slats will weather down to warmish
View fullsize #WIP It's about time we shared a sneaky peak of our project in Sandwich Bay which features extensive landscaping, a pool house built using handmade brickwork and a swimming pool finished in Mauritian slate. Exciting to see this nearing completion! #
View fullsize Team del Renzio wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Project: 13th Century Grade-II* Listed Salmestone Grange, Margate. Restoration of farmhouse and ongoing refurbishment of the wedding venue and formal gardens. ... Our studio wil
View fullsize Kiss me Quick at the @friezeofficial yesterday evening! Particularly mesmerised by the work of @vanessaraw_ especially selected by @traceyeminstudio alongside other Margate artists represented by the mighty @carlfreedmangallery space. Added surpris
View fullsize We are super happy to provide continued support to the Margate Festival of Design 2023 produced by The Margate School. Please consider getting involved via their website to explore a great programme of talks, workshops and exhibitions 12-17th August
View fullsize We love the shimmering honed Mauritian Slate with all its natural bluey green and silvery hues. Currently being applied to the walls and floor, by the wonderful @xlpools team at the swimming pool project in Sandwich Bay. It should look quite differen
View fullsize Sneaky peek of some wonderful texture and colour taking shape at this Listed property in Ramsgate.
View fullsize Great to see the natural Cedar cladding being applied over the breathable woodfibre insulation on our reduced energy home renovation project in Whitstable! Special wood protection is being used to help the Cedar weather evenly through time, (being
View fullsize A beautiful sea blue Zinc roof adorns the rooftop extension of a new build which is progressing well. #vmzinc
View fullsize Site visit, we had to share the gorgeous patina on this wall, hoping to preserve this 'somehow' as part of a courtyard garden to a new dwelling in Ramsgate.
View fullsize Yesterday evening we really enjoyed meeting Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes at the PV of her new spectacularly colourful exhibition called 'Maresias' at the @turnercontemporary opens tomorrow! On Sunday Beatriz is running special workshops encoura
View fullsize Sneaky peak of progress at our project in Whitstable, great to see the woodfibre exterior insulation being fitted. The upper half will be over clad in a lovely Cedar and the lower half in a lime coloured breathable render and should compliment the pa
View fullsize We had a fantastic evening @tatebritainlondon alongside more than 1,200 art lovers, celebrating in the first major rehang of their national collection of British art in 10 years! Stunning. Go see, we shall again soon! #britishart
View fullsize Sunny site visit last week to our swimming pool and landscaping project on the sublime Sandwich Bay estate. @xlpools are well underway with their meticulous setting out, it's great to see the scale and proportion of the pool with Roman stepped end
View fullsize Sneak peak of an interesting courtyard garden studio taking shape tucked away off Margate High Street. It features an interesting angular roof with triangular roof light and mezzanine book nook. The unusual shape responds to the irregular shape of th
View fullsize We were super excited to visit our project in the idyllic Sandwich Bay. Soil investigation is well underway: sand and more sand! The project features an outdoor heated in ground swimming pool, spa and pool house (referencing the Listed property) wi
View fullsize We've really enjoyed having Jack with us this week for his Work Experience placement! Mid-week he attended a site visit in Deal with Ivan and Nirav to review the fantastic progress on the renovation of a former Coach House. It's great to inspire the
View fullsize Jolly trip to Whitstable to see our low energy home refurbishment take shape. As well as a complete reorganisation of the internal space, we are introducing thermal upgrades to all floors, wall cavities, roof spaces, external envelope, as well as UFH