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 of contemporary intervention….
14/09/2023New Planning Permission We are delighted to have recently received planning permission for a replacement dwelling on a tucked away and narrow site in Buckinghamshire. The proposals seek to improve the site with a low-energy and highly insulated replacement dwelling that is sustainable…
01/08/2023Team site visit This week we had a team outing to visit one of our completed projects. It’s especially useful to see a project once the client’s have moved in and chat about how they are experiencing living in their new home. It…
18/07/2023Planning Permission We’ve recently received planning permission for an annex to a farmhouse in Devon. The annex forms part of a multi-phased project for the farm and is designed to provide accommodation for ageing members of the family where they can be…
11/07/2023Beanacre in The Modern House A proud moment for the practice as Beanacre is featured in The Modern House journal this week. Click the link here to watch the full film. The team at TMH have done a wonderful job of bringing out the best in the…
09/06/2023Summer Party! Charlie Luxton Design recently turned 18! So to celebrate we held our first summer party at Black Barn Studio’s . We were also celebrating our recent AJ Small Projects Award for Sustainability, along with an exhibition of art from locally based artist Kelly Washbourne .…
15/05/2023Clean sweep at RHS Malvern! Our show garden entry collaborating with The Wildlife Trusts and Oxford Garden Design with Jamie Langlands won an RHS Gold Medal at this years RHS Malvern Spring Festival. Not only that but it won Best in Show, Best Construction and…
05/05/2023AJ Small Projects Award Sustainability Prize We won the Sustainability Prize at the AJ Small Projects Awards ceremony! We are so proud that Black Barn Studios was recognised as an ‘exemplar’ of sustainable design at Wednesdays awards in London. The prize was awarded jointly for the…
30/04/2023Would you like to join our team? Based in the North Oxfordshire countryside, we are a small practice looking for a resourceful, independent and creative Part 1 or Part 2 to join our team. We work on projects ranging from Passive standard new-builds, sensitive listed building refurbs,…
28/04/2023Shortlisted for the AJ Small Projects Award 2023! Black Barn Studios has made the shortlist for this years AJ Small Projects Award! On Wednesday 3rd May we will travel down to London to present and find out the results. The studio is the culmination of our attempt to address three of…
12/04/2023Blackwood in Enki The May/June issue of the wonderful Enki magazine is out now, featuring an article on Blackwood , one of our recently completed projects. 
