Laura Jane Clark is a British architect, TV presenter and author. Her work includes presenting Your Home Made Perfect with Angela Scanlon on BBC2 and Netflix, Channel 4’s Ugly House to Lovely House,[1] George Clarke's Amazing Spaces and Shed of the Year.[2] She also converted a former underground public lavatory in Crystal Palace into a one-bedroom apartment.[3]
Television
editIn 2012, Clark completed the renovation and conversion of some derelict underground toilets in Crystal Palace, south east London.[4] She had been negotiating with the council to be given the permission to purchase and convert them for nearly seven years. The completed build caught the attention of local and national UK media.[3] Plum Pictures were developing a new design programme, Amazing Spaces with George Clarke, at the time,[5] and after appearing in the first series, Clark was asked to film a Christmas special and subsequently she became a judge on the televised version of the Shed of the Year alongside Max McMurdo and Will Hardie.[6]
Amazing Spaces Shed of the Year ran for four series, from 2014 to 2017. Clark then presented designs on two episodes of Ugly House to Lovely House[7][8] in the first two series of the show before deciding to leave Channel 4.[9]
In 2018, Clark joined the BBC to be one of two architects in the television series Your Home Made Perfect with Angela Scanlon,[10] which ran for four seasons with Clark being the only original architect to be kept on the show.[11][12]
Writing
editClark writes for magazines such as Ideal Home,[13] Home Building and Renovation,[14] and Real Homes, and has a monthly column in Reclaim Magazine.[15] She presents at trade shows and exhibitions, and talks at schools and universities. She is currently writing a book The Handbook of Home Design: An Architect’s Blueprint for Shaping Your Home,[16] due for publication in September 2022.
MMA/K1
editCompeting in amateur kickboxing and Muay Thai bouts, Clark discovered mixed martial arts in 2009 and joined New Wave Academy and started training under former welterweight UFC fighter and The Ultimate Fighter competitor, Nick Osipczak.[17] In 2012, she started to fight competitively in MMA and K1 with a record of 3-1.[18]
Clark currently lives outside Glasgow and is renovating a derelict Georgian house.[19]
References
edit- ^ "Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke: Series 1 Episode 3 - Hertfordshire - All 4". www.channel4.com.
- ^ "George Clarke's Amazing Spaces - All 4". www.channel4.com.
- ^ a b "Former toilets provide convenient living for Londoners". BBC News. January 25, 2013.
- ^ "Conversion of the Crystal Palace Underground Public Toilets | AJ Buildings Library". www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk.
- ^ "Your Home Made Perfect: all you need to know about Laura Jane Clark". HELLO!. April 28, 2020.
- ^ "An Interview With TV Architect Laura Jane Clark". Mad About The House. May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Architect Laura Clarke".
- ^ "Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke – Barn Glass | Glaze & Glazing".
- ^ "Meet Laura Jane Clark from Your Home Made Perfect - age and Instagram of architect!". Reality Titbit. April 22, 2020.
- ^ "Interview with Your Home Made Perfect architect Laura Jane Clark – Reclaim Magazine".
- ^ "Your Home Made Perfect: Meet the six architects here". HELLO!. October 13, 2021.
- ^ Darvill, Josh (May 20, 2021). "Your Home Made Perfect new series arrives on BBC Two bigger than before". TellyMix.
- ^ Knight, Rebecca (June 10, 2021). "An architect reveals three ways to tell if a house has renovation potential". Ideal Home.
- ^ Joyner, Lisa (July 7, 2021). "Laura Jane Clark reveals the controversial decorating trend we should all avoid". House Beautiful.
- ^ "Reclaim - ISSUE 63". pocketmags.com.
- ^ "Laura Jane Clark". Mushens Entertainment.
- ^ Blundell, Mark. "Laura Clark of New Wave Academy". Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ "Laura Jane Clark | Awakening Fighters". awakeningfighters.com.
- ^ "A PRIVATE Affair, Interview with Architect Laura Clark". December 8, 2014.