The Homebuilding & Renovating Show is back in London at the Excel Centre between 22nd and 24th September. Charlie will be in the Self Build Theatre at 12.30 giving a Beginners Guide to Building a Low-Energy Home, then again at 2pm, with A Step-by-Step Guide…
We’ve just submitted a planning application for this family home in the woods on the outskirts of Ledbury. The principle building conservation officer was so impressed he stated that they would, ‘Recommend Approval with conditions: The proposals are for a…
Our first project at the exciting self-build development Graven Hill near Bicester has received it’s plot passport compliance – basically the same as planning permission. Good news!
We’re out of the ground and the foundations have been finished at Beanacre. For a more in depth account of how it happened, click on this link to Charlie’s blog at the Homebuilding & Renovating website.
We have just been asked to produce a concept design to transform a dated 60’s detached house into a contemporary family home. Sitting on the edge of a wood provides a great opportunity for new living spaces that really engage with the…
First, dig a big hole! Follow this link to a timelapse film showing the preparation of the site along with other interviews and snippets from the build.
Charlie is working on a new show to be screened later this year. Best Laid Plans will see him helping contributor’s navigate their way through their renovation and restoration projects and offering his advice as they move through the process.
As work on site continues this barn is stripped back to its bare bones to reveal the beautiful original structure which will be expressed in its final form.
We’ve just received planning permission for a new garden building at the rear of an existing stone cottage in West Oxfordshire. The client wanted to embrace a slightly agricultural, garden shed aesthetic so we’ve translated this into a simple pitched roof…
Works at Mount Pleasant have commenced with the one remaining element, the cottage, stripped back to it’s skeletal form. Next up, excavations and a reduced level dig in preparation for the new timber framed extension.
As we progress through the design stages we use 3D modelling to further understand our experience as we move around the building. These models are exploring the section and how the spaces work together.
Charlie is currently writing a blog on the Homebuilding & Renovating website about his own self-build in North Oxfordshire. It will be a thorough guide through the process of building from scratch. Click here to start the journey and watch this space…
We’ve just submitted a planning application for an old school house in north Oxfordshire. The new scheme replaces two small pitched roof additions with a single, lighter more voluminous space which will provide kitchen and utility for a growing family. The…
Design is underway for a new house on a working farm in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. Early concepts for the design involve exploring a contemporary spin on the classic English country house. The added challenge is to sensitively engage this with…
A sneak preview of a recently completed conversion of a listed 17th century barn. Traditional techniques and natural materials were used to make as light a touch as possible to the existing building, which is the real the star of…
Planning has been submitted for a scheme to transform a pair of tired bungalows in Gloucestershire in to a future-proofed family home. The design blends traditional materials with simple, contemporary forms that work with the site’s natural topography. A sensitive…
Charlie Luxton Design’s James Renfrew was project and design architect on the Alan Walters Building for the University of Birmingham prior to joining CLD. It has just won a RIBA regional award for Berman Guedes Stretton Architects, his previous employers.…
Charlie has started filming for a new show which will hopefully go out to air later this year. Best Laid Plans will follow Charlie trying to navigate the choppy waters that can occur between couples over the decision making needed during…
We have just gained planning approval on a project in Oxfordshire where our clients wanted to extend and improve this barn that had originally been converted in the 1990s. The proposal catches the original barn between two related single storey…
