Creating Buildings

We create new buildings or upgrade existing ones.

We either offer a full architectural service, from inception to completion of works on site, or tailor our involvement to suit a particular client requirement.

Whether we are dealing with an existing property or a new-build proposal, the best proposals are built around a big idea. That idea needs thorough testing. Appraisals are a necessary design tool early on, however approximate, and they can be initiated with a full design team, or often just a skeleton crew. But its not just technical data and feasibility which are important. The idea needs to be communicated and tested in spatial terms, through collaboration, to ensure it meets or exceeds the early ambitions.

The success or failure of a project will come down to its attention to detail. We gently work at that idea to mould and craft it. That means coordinating the engineering so that ceilings are the right height, the right layout and that services take up the right amount of space in the right locations; openings are the right proportion and given the right priority; energy use is minimised;

We work at both the small and big scales – the small detail often informs the bigger picture. The big idea is crucial, but it also needs to work at close quarters.