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!
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!
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.
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…
Talk at Oxford Brookes
Charlie’s been invited to talk to the students at the Architecture School at Oxford Brookes University. The theme is Foundations; we look forward to hearing what his take will be. The talk is next Tuesday 15th March, 6.30pm!
A small but imaginative village hall committee, local to us, won a lottery grant to rebuild their dilapidated village hall. As part of the funding criteria they find inspirational speakers to entertain during the winter months. Charlie will speak at…
Filming with a View
As far as travelling with work goes, this isn’t bad. Currently touring the coasts of Majorca and the Costa del Sol for his new series, Homes by the Sea, this also seems to be becoming Charlie’s tour of the infinity…
The Vine House in HB&R
A full case study of our project, The Vine House features in the March issue of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine. On the shelves now!
Walter Segal Exhibition
The AA School of Architecture are holding an exhibition, Walters Way: The Self Build Revolution , about the work of Walter Segal who developed an iconic self-build method in the 1960s. Focusing on the work of the Lewisham self-builders of the 1980s, the exhibition is bringing together…
Oxfordshire Barn Conversion
Back in the latter part of last year we started work on an exciting new barn conversion in North Oxfordshire and we’ve been busy working towards a planning application which has now been lodged. The scheme encompasses a simple pallet…
Man at Work
Filming for a new series, Homes by the Med, has started in the Catalonia region of northern Spain. The six-part show will take Charlie on a tour of the beautiful buildings and inspiring landscapes of some of our most loved coastal…
Best of Design at Houzz 2016!
We’ve been chosen as a winner in the “Best of Design at Houzz 2016″ award! Best of Houzz is awarded once a year and Design award winners work is the most popular among the 35 million monthly unique users that make up the…
New Year, New Project
We have been working on a new build, low energy family home which is situated on the outskirts of Ledbury in Herefordshire. It is a challenging, wooded location; the site of an old school canteen. We are using a barn form to keep…
Detail Design continues at August House
We have worked on this render image to investigate the detail design of the galvanised steel solar shading for the single storey flat roof extension at August House. The extension forms part of the living room and covered external seating…
DIY SOS!
Charlie appears in this episode of DIY SOS: The Big Build . The team go to the aid of a family in Holmfirth after the father suffered a devastating brain stem stroke. They transform the family’s house in order to assist his recovery and build a new…
Splicing the Beam at Garlands Farm
One of the existing beams in the cheese room at Garlands Farm was totally rotten and falling out of the wall. So, the rotten end was sawn off and the remaining piece and a piece reclaimed from another beam in…
Urban Site Concept Scheme
We’ve been working on a concept scheme for a new Regency inspired townhouse in Leamington Spa.
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