Rotunda House

A few years ago we were invited to pitch an idea for a new home for Prue Leith and John Playfair. Luckily for us they loved our contemporary re-imagining of the English country house.

The house features a prominent ‘Piano Nobile’, a raised ground floor containing the main living and public spaces, and is arranged around an existing barn which was incorporated in to the scheme.

The true heart of the building of course is the kitchen, where Prue was able to apply her long standing knowledge of perfecting their design. Prue, John and the house are featured in todays Sunday Times Home supplement, both online and in print.

A Cotswolds House - We are very pleased to have had a recently completed project photographed. The owner’s of the house came to us for help to reconfigure a relatively new building. The brief was to create a home that could expand and contract…
Read more ›
Charlie x Retrouvius for their new blog, Taking Stock! - Our founder Charlie was invited by our friends at architectural design and salvage company, Retrouvius, to be the first guest on their new blog series, Taking Stock. Charlie sat down with Adam to talk about the importance of using salvaged…
Read more ›
Visiting a project on site - We are in the final weeks of construction for this barn conversion project. We are combining an original stone barn with two agricultural barn structures to provide a home for a growing family. A clear attention to detail has been…
Read more ›
Photographing Day - We recently visited a completed project which is now ready for photographing. It’s always a pleasure to return to a building and its owners who we have got to know so well. Looking forward to revealing the final images when…
Read more ›
Headquarters for an ethical finance company - 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…
Read more ›
Ridgeway House wins a RIBA South Award! - 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…
Read more ›
Pre-cut timber I beam system - 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…
Read more ›
Open Studios Event as part of Oxfordshire Artweeks - 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…
Read more ›
Planning decision received! - 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…
Read more ›
Oxfordshire Artweeks Venue - 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…
Read more ›