This project is the new headquarters for an employee-owned ethical finance company, built around regenerative architecture and circular economy principles. An almost entirely timber structure was constructed within two existing steel-frame agricultural barns, retaining as much of the original fabric…
We are so proud that Ridgeway House has won a RIBA South Award! The success of the project is testament to our amazing team, and to the wider team who were involved. The competition was very strong which makes winning this award…
As part of our commitment to sustainability, we have refined an in-house, pre-cut timber frame system over the past decade, aimed at improving affordability, construction efficiency and environmental performance. Having worked with numerous timber frame suppliers in the past, we…
We’ve received planning permission for a rural events venue on a working farm in Oxfordshire. The scheme transforms an already successful events business in to a year round offer that extends the season and integrates more closely with the rhythm…
Recently we returned to a completed project to talk to the clients about living in the building and to take photographs for our portfolio. It is always a pleasure to see how clients have settled in and to hear that…
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…
Some of our team recently visited a project which is reaching completion. It’s a multi-phased project and this first phase creates an annex for family members to live as they grow older. Situated in a farmyard, the form of the…
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.…
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 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,…
We’ve been busy photographing a handful of recently completed projects. All of them have beautiful gardens and the landscaping has been integral to the project. But the recent weather has not been kind! Since it’s settled we’ve been visiting them…
We have received planning permission for the refurbishment and conversion of a stone barn in a conservation area in to a high quality, sustainable home. The aim of the project is to sensitively adapt and re-use the now redundant agricultural…
A recently completed project has been shortlisted for a RIBA South Award 2024! It it one of a few we’ve worked on at the Graven Hill self build development. We worked closely with local builders and specialists to deliver a…
Photo’s from a project on site which were extensively refurbishing including a full thermal upgrade. This will involve internally insulating, replacing the existing windows with triple glazed windows and installing a renewable energy source. Here we’re stripping it back to…
Planning permission has been granted for an extension and remodelling for a nineteenth century cottage in Oxfordshire. The building stands in a secluded spot within the conservation area of the village but situated away from any listed buildings. Its position…
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…
Careful design and attention to detail is breathing new life in to a collection of neglected farmhouse buildings in south Oxfordshire. We are restoring original brick barns and reorienting the main farmhouse to take full advantage of a fabulous view,…