Initial concepts are emerging for the design of a new farmhouse in Gloucestershire. Working with the landscape and reflecting it’s context, the project aims to sit sensitively within it’s setting amongst the trees and sheep!
Planning Permission Received - We are very excited to have received planning permission for this low energy housing development in Oxford. The scheme aims to provide housing by replacing a building which has been standing empty for some time. It is always a difficult…
Hook Norton’s Award Winning Community Housing Project! - It’s been a fantastic year for the community housing project here in Hook Norton. The first residents have moved in, the landscaping is bedding in and developing, and the community building, for use by the whole village is reaching completion.…
Birds eye view - Filming with a drone enables us to see sites and projects from a totally new angle. We now have wings! 
Exploring options - In these sketches we’re exploring material options for the cladding for a barn conversion. Sketching plays an important role in the design process. It helps us explore options and is also an accessible way of describing the options to a…
New photos of completed project - We recently re-visited a completed project to take more photographs of the exterior. The planting has settled in after being in place for a year and we were keen to see how it had evolved. Follow this link to see more! …
Team visit to recently completed project - It’s always useful for the team to visit a project as it reaches completion. They can see and touch materials in place and examine details translated from a drawing to the finished building. This building is beginning to settle in…
Photographing completed projects - We’ve had a busy couple of weeks catching the last of the settled weather and revisiting two completed projects. We went to take some more photos and also some drone footage. Both projects were completed a while ago and it’s…
Hook Norton Community Housing Shortlisted for 5 Awards - The Hook Norton Community Housing project has been shortlisted for 5 regional and national awards. It has been shortlisted in the Best Low Carbon Home category in the Evening Standard New Homes Awards, and in the Best Healthy Home category…
Certified Passive House Designer - We are very proud to announce that Faye has achieved her qualification as a Certified Passive House Designer! This will enable us to carry out our own in-house PHPP (Passive House Planning Package) calculations to test the thermal performance of our…
Early stage sketches - These sketches formed the early design stages of the recently completed barn conversion project. Sketches are a quick way to explore ideas. They can be evolved during conversations with clients and convey ideas in a tactile and accessible way. …
