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High efficiency building services are getting more and more complicated and as the bits of kit increase to reduce running costs it gets harder and harder to hide them away and to stop them taking over the design.  Full Credit to the wonderful team at Jones & Bradley in Pembrokeshire for organising this load of…

After many months of planning and drawing its great to finally see a project getting built.  This new cottage on a small garden site of a grade II listed farmhouse in East Sussex updates the traditional barn detailing of the area.  The builders Watts Construction have done a fantastic job of the cladding and roof…

Rear extension and loft room in the Rush Common conservation area in Lambeth.  The challenge here was to reorganise the circulation to create better flow through to the garden and provide space for an enlarged kitchen, downstairs loo and coat space.  Digging out and setting back the new steps through from the living room has…

Happy Christmas !!! Looking forward to a peaceful holiday after a busy year.

Looking forward to getting this new build house on site in early 2024.  It is a fantastic south facing site on the outskirts of Manorbier village in the National Park with wonderful views past the famous St James church to the bay beyond.  The client wanted a modern, sustainable and economical building in keeping with…

Great to have received planning at Trevayne Farm and campsite above Monkstone beach in Pembrokeshire  to provide additional shop and cafe space in the old barns and a new knitwear studio & office for the Owner, Anna’s sustainable knitwear business Monkstone Knitwear. The farm is surrounded on all sides by stunning sea views but the…

You can make as many computer models as you like but there is no way to properly choose materials without getting a good load of samples together.  These are gorgeous hand made Kent tiles for a new build in West Sussex that I am completing the construction detailing for.  The new house will mostly be…

Interesting article on the future of AI and architecture in The Guardian “Will AI Wipe out Architecture” 07.08.23 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/aug/07/ai-architects-revolutionising-corbusier-architecture?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other Well, I think we know where this is going and the answer as for many professions is mostly yes.  AI building design and construction is already here and the first targets will be the more functional…

Maison Francaise. Beautifully stubborn persistence of local form and style in the face of global standardisation.

Great to see Wolf Wood’s beautiful new spa treehouse in Devon up and running.  Sam & Rachel who run the site and built all the treehouses themselves are hugely experienced and highly skilled clients. They are imaginative and ambitious and it was a real pleasure to collaborate with them on the project.  I worked with…

I’m working in the Beacons National Park on the renovation and conversion of a beautiful cottage and barn.   The client has a great sensibility for colour which I’m sure is partially what attracted them to the property with it’s gentle pink walls and red roofed barn.  We are carrying the theme through in the designs…

Passing through London today. It’s hard to explain why I love this building so much. It is NOT pretty, or comfortable but somehow it does seem to fit perfectly into the crazy mash up of styles that make up the city. Paris may have entire neighbourhoods of gorgeously cohesive, elegant boulevards but while London lacks…