13/09/2016 Sleeping Beauty

We have been working on a plan to rescue a Regency style country house in Dorset that has experienced some years of neglect following several unsympathetic adaptations. The designs look to sensitively restore its former glory and add a little bit…

05/09/2016 Homebuilding & Renovating Show!

The Homebuilding & Renovating Show is back in London at ExCel from 23rd to 25th September.  Charlie will be there on Saturday in the Self-Build Theatre sharing design ideas and inspiration, among other things.

08/08/2016 Room with a View

The builders have lowered a wall (below) in what will become the master bedroom at Old Lodge Barn.  It reveals what will be their view (above) out across the Cotswolds countryside.

01/08/2016 Bell Barn in Grand Designs

Our project Bell Barn is featured in August’s issue of Grand Designs magazine. The conversion of this once derelict barn was a dream project for us, working with an enlightened client who allowed us to test combining an air-tight and…

27/07/2016 Magic Carpet

The builders are template-ing the proposed steel bridge and stair at Garlands Farm out of plywood to take to a steel fabricator. The intent is to create a ‘magic carpet’ that sits atop the existing historic structure and then cascades…

07/07/2016 A Farmhouse in Gloucestershire

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!

04/07/2016 Garlands Barn

Design of the barn at Garlands Farm continues. These images show a detail of the timber cladding and fenestration for the barn which will eventually house the cookery school.

23/06/2016 Old Lodge Barn Starts on Site

We’re excited that the main works at Greyfell (formerly Old Lodge Barn) have now started on site. The contractors have begun preparing the site and stripping out existing stone flooring which will be set aside and reused in the landscaping…

20/06/2016 Oxford Brookes Graduation Speech

Twenty years after graduating from Oxford Brookes University with his Architecture degree, this afternoon Charlie will be giving the graduation speech to the Arts and Architecture students at the university.

13/06/2016 Homes by the Sea…

… is back on the road.  Filming for the next series is underway winding it’s way through Suffolk, Sussex and Devon and then on up to the Hebrides via north Wales the Wirral.

31/05/2016 New Series of Building the Dream

The next series of Building the Dream starts tonight, 31st May, 9pm, More4.

12/05/2016 Progress at Garlands Farm

The builders have been on site for six months and the scaffolding mask has come down from the main farmhouse. With the new sash windows now installed the ‘face’ of the farmhouse is revealed.

09/05/2016 Planning Permission at Caldy Road!

We’re really pleased to receive planning permission for this exciting project on the Wirral. The design responds to the local arts and crafts context, and maximises views over the estuary.  Using natural and reclaimed materials we hope to create a…

04/05/2016 Beam Solution

The structural engineer advised us that these two struts be removed and replaced. Over the years the forces holding the building up had split and damaged them. However the conservation officer wanted them to remain in place so we had to…

28/04/2016 Grand Designs Live

Grand Designs Live is back at the Excel Centre in London this coming weekend. Charlie will be speaking in the Grand Theatre on Sunday 1st, Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th May. Check the Grand Theatre timetable for more info!

22/04/2016 Working round the Bats

Works have started on site at Old Lodge Barn and roofs have been stripped in line with a bat license from Natural England. Fortunately no bats were found!

19/04/2016 Homes by the Med!

The new series starts tonight on More4 at 9pm.

15/04/2016 Behind the Wheel

Charlie spent a day in London being filmed behind the wheel of a Mini. As a filming experience it was quite something; an increased number of cameramen, equipment and production staff to that which he’s normally used to.

06/04/2016 Homebuilding & Renovating Show!

The first of this year’s Homebuilding & Renovating Shows is back at the NEC Birmingham between 14th and 17th April. Charlie will be there on Saturday 15th giving talks in the Self-Build Theatre and the Home Improvement Theatre. He will…