Are you planning a project? Thinking about a career in Architecture? Or just want to chat to an Architect? As part of our open studio for Oxfordshire Artweeks, we are offering informal 30-minute consultations on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th…
We are very excited to be an Oxfordshire Artweeks venue this year! Exhibiting the work of two local artists living and working in Hook Norton – Rachel Cronin and Kelly Washbourne . As part of the North Oxfordshire week we will be open from…
At the end of last year we became employee owned. Employee ownership formalises the long-held ethos of our practice: that our success is rooted in the talent, dedication, and contribution of our team. This transition allows us to demonstrate our…
We have been working on a low energy housing development in Oxford. Part of this current piece of work is to look in more detail at the interior layouts, finishes and fittings. We presented a report of mood boards to…
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.…
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 recently visited this project in Hook Norton which is reaching completion. An extensive community engagement process shaped the project throughout its development through a series of interviews, surveys and open meetings. With an ambitious sustainability strategy at its heart,…
The vast majority of new housing is unsustainable, unfit for purpose, and doesn’t answer the local need. Possibly one of the biggest issues that results in the poor quality of housing in this country is the discrepancy between the local…
Happy New Year! Before Christmas the Charlie Luxton Design team visited the Cotswold Distillery. Just a stones throw from our studio, the distillery has been making award winning gin for the past 9 years. This was a natural choice while…
Planning approval has been given to a very exciting project; an ultra sustainable office development for an ethical investment company. The ambition of the client is to combine three main areas. Working environment, sustainability and community. Taken together, these principles…
We’ve been involved in a few self-build projects at Graven Hill. As one of the largest self-build and custom-build development sites in the country, it is giving home owners the opportunity to choose a housing style that best fits with…
Two members of our team recently visited the site for an exciting new project on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. The site, comprising 600 acres of land, will be a multi-purpose event location incorporating an on-going re-wilding project. The…
After thirteen weeks the studio is open once again. We’re working in rotation, observing physical distancing and still having virtual meetings. But it’s great to be welcoming some of the team back.
Charlie is guest editing this weeks issue of the Future Build newsletter. Future Build is an annual event that aims to bring together innovative brands from the built environment community to share their products and solutions. Click this link to read…
This Thursday Charlie will be joining a panel of industry experts on the Steico stand at Futurebuild for a series of talks on tackling the climate crisis. They will be talking about how to meet the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge…
The planning permission has been submitted for our scheme for the Hook Norton community housing project. The scheme, which is the culmination of an extensive community engagement process plans to create 12 dwellings and a community building centred around a…
The second year of the Bristol Housing Festival is now underway and Charlie will be speaking at the Self Build and Community Led Housing event there tomorrow. The Festival is supporting the building of new communities across the city of Bristol through an…
