If there’s one thing the pandemic has demonstrated, it’s our deep need to socialise and be together. And whilst we’ve been spending more time in our homes our once thriving high street has been falling apart for a whole host of economic and social reasons. Whilst this changing landscape may feel a bit bleak it presents an opportunity to create places that offer those much missed experiences and interactions in beautiful architecturally designed spaces. 1. Mixed Use Buildings

Good office design really does make for a good day at the office. We reveal the latest office design trends and how to make your office work

Your home isn’t quite accommodating your changing lifestyle, growing family or evolving design taste? Extensions are a great way of adding required space and energy to your home that doesn’t necessarily require large amounts of money, a loss of outside space or major disruption. An extension can be a simple insertion with dramatic lifestyle implications, or a clever design that increases the appeal and value of your property. The role of an architect is to work with you, lear

Wondering how to build your own home or looking at the possibility of a self build? You might not need to look any further than your own garden. If you’re lucky enough to have a generous patch, you could have the perfect self build land to build a house. Here’s quick guide to the stages of building a house in the UK. You’ll avoid all the complications and costs of finding self build land and securing planning permission before you buy, plus you won’t need to knock your existi

A good architect can have a major impact on the success of your project. We have put together this simple guide on what an architect actually does to help you, and how to find the best one for you. Whatever your motivation or aspirations, the one thing all successful home builds have in common is a good architect. But of course we would say that being architects right? Well, yes to a certain degree, but let me outline exactly what an architect does and how a good architect wi

How to Build Your Own House: 8 Steps to Your Dream Self Build So who’s watching Kevin McCloud’s latest TV programme on Channel 4 – Grand Designs: The Street? If you’ve missed it, then it follows 10 self build pioneers creating a whole street of Grand Designs on a former Ministry of Defence site, near Bicester Village. It’s a truly ground-breaking scheme. In a country where larger plots of land tend to end up in the hands of big developers churning out their tried and tested c