We have been working on a scheme to provide an improved GP surgery space within a Grade II* listed building. These sketches show a section through the existing listed terrace, restored gardens and mews building. By restoring the listed building…
Our grade II listed manor house has won the Listed and Modern Traditional Residential Extension Architectural Award! The awards were recently featured in The Times Bricks & Mortar and we are thrilled with the result!
We were asked re-address an existing scheme to ensure the most was being made out of the building and the site. We produced these sketches for the client to show alternative options on how their house could be adapted to…
Our Grade II Listed House has been nominated for an award! It’s currently appearing in the Listed Heritage Magazine published by the Listed Property Owners Club. It is being shown as an example of a sensitively designed extension to a listed building. It has…
The beautiful Flint and Timber House appears in the current issue of Enki – on the shelves now!
The windows are being installed in two of the three barns at our office barn conversion project. The window installation is always a big moment. They are big units which can weigh up to 400kg depending on their size. These…
This is a local project that a few of us from the practice we were able to visit just before the clients moved in. As you can see, the new residents are brave with colour! It combines with a more…
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…
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.…
Filming with a drone enables us to see sites and projects from a totally new angle. We now have wings!
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…
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! …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
It is always a pleasure to return to an old project and take it to its completion. The new owner of a barn conversion we had worked on some years ago approached us to refurbish one remaining small barn. The…
