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Forty years of teamwork, one studio, and a simple belief: buildings should make everyday life a little easier, whether that's a family kitchen, a classroom or a public reading room.

Courtyard House
Courtyard HouseA family home arranged around shade and water.
Forest Cabin
Forest CabinTimber retreat sited between existing trees.
Westfield Middle School
Westfield Middle SchoolDaylit classrooms around a shared commons.
Riverside Library
Riverside LibraryA reading room shaped like a quiet amphitheater.
01

Listen & site visit

We walk the land and learn how you'll actually use the space.

02

Design

Sketches, models and drawings, refined with you.

03

Build with you

We stay through permits and construction.

Material studies

Light, mass
and a little warmth.

We design with daylight first, then with materials that age honestly: timber, brick, lime and concrete left as itself.

Practice areas

Four kinds
of building.

01

Private houses

New homes, extensions and careful renovations that fit the way a family actually lives.

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02

Learning spaces

Classrooms, nurseries and libraries with daylight, quiet corners and room to gather.

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03

Civic and cultural

Reading rooms, halls and small public buildings built to last a century.

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04

Interiors and fit-out

Kitchens, studios and workplaces designed down to the shelf and the handle.

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How a project unfolds

Six stages,
one team.

The same architects lead your project from the first conversation to the last site visit.

Stage 1

Brief

What you need, what you love, what the budget really is.

Stage 2

Site study

Light, slope, trees, neighbours and the planning rules.

Stage 3

Concept

Sketches and massing models, refined in conversation.

Stage 4

Design

Plans, sections, materials and a builder-ready set.

Stage 5

Approvals

Permits and consultations, handled for you.

Stage 6

On site

Regular visits until the last detail is right.

Typologies

The kinds of
places we draw.

The family house

Rooms arranged around how mornings and evenings really work.

The model

Every scheme is built in card and timber before it is built in brick.

The drawing set

Clear, coordinated drawings that builders can price and build.

The reading room

Quiet volumes, deep window seats and long sightlines.

The interior

Light, joinery and texture, detailed to the last junction.

Typical commissions

Where projects
usually begin.

Illustrative starting points. Every brief becomes its own building.

House

A dark house on a good street.

The family loves the location but the rooms are small, cold and face the wrong way.

A rear extension and reworked plan that bring daylight into the heart of the house.

School

A growing primary school.

More pupils, the same site, and a teaching team that wants calmer spaces.

A two-storey teaching block with covered outdoor learning space.

Workplace

An old warehouse, a new studio.

A creative company needs a workspace that keeps the building’s character.

A light-touch fit-out with new roof lights, a mezzanine and a long shared table.

Journal

Notes on
building.

Essay

Why we start with daylight, every time

Process

What a physical model tells you that a render cannot

Guide

How to write a good brief for your architect

Questions

Before you
commission.

Common first questions.

What size of project do you take on?

From single-room extensions to small public buildings. If it is too small for us, we will say so and recommend someone.

Do you handle planning permission?

Yes. We prepare applications, speak with the planning office and manage consultations.

Can you recommend builders?

We can suggest contractors we have worked with and help you run a fair tender.

How involved will we be?

Very. We share sketches and models at every stage and nothing proceeds without your approval.

Let’s draw
your place.

Tell us about the site and what you hope it becomes.

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