New design in heritage settings

A new piece of history

Design begins by first understanding your needs. We then examine the context: history, purpose, materials, construction, aesthetic qualities, setting, use, and condition of the building or place to establish its significance. Good architecture is borne out of a dialogue, not a monologue. This might result in interventions that increase the environmental performance and resilience of historic buildings, ensuring a building or place remains viable by enabling continued or new uses, or undertaking work to enhance the significance of a building or place.

Our architecture is designed to endure. We believe design is not merely a matter of style, but the realisation of an idea through the skilled deployment of form, materials and detailing. A new building should be made to last, and crafted carefully with the intention that it becomes more beautiful as it grows older.

Services

  • Feasibility studies
  • Options appraisals
  • Creative reuse
  • Extensions
  • New buildings within heritage settings

Related

Grade II*, Extensions

Plas Gwyn

Extensions

Private House, Chiswick

Sensitive sites, New buildings in historic contexts

Copper Kingdom Visitor Centre

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We have studios in London, Bath, Birmingham, Chester, Conwy, Manchester, Oxford and York.