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Here is a detail of one of the sheets we submitted for the RIBA shops-to-schools competition. Shout out to our student intern for the summer, James Ellwood, who did amazing work modelling the building and assembling the sheets with real skill and a marvellous eye for detail. #riba #summerinternship #architecturecareer #greatspaces #freedomtothink
Our strategy for opening up the blank box of a local department store for the RIBA’s ‘Department 4 Education’ competition: perforate it like a Swiss cheese.
Mega-apertures in the roof and the walls to let people and daylight and fresh air flood in. A school at the heart of the city for everyone to learn new skills; a determinedly non-commercial, non-material hub for the community. Lovely graphic by @darren_riddle80.
#riba #lightandair #oxfordarchitect #designideas
We like ideas competitions; they stir the creative juices and allow us to address big ideas with more freedom than real projects.
So over the summer we entered the RIBA’s ‘Department 4 Education’ competition with a proposal to convert an Oxford department store into a school.
Here is our view of the interior, once the building has been eviscerated and perforated and repurposed. Scrummy image by James Ellwood.
#creativejuices #bigideas #riba #oxfordschools #repurposed #schoolbuilding #oxford
We are drop dead delighted that our radical reboot residential project Zion’s Hill has bagged a coveted 2023 OxPropFest Award.
Our visionary clients were happy to go the whole hog with the origami-esque stone detailing and it was so worth it.
To see more of the project follow the link in our bio.
@solid.engineering @w.g_carter #dreamhome #cotswolds #renewal #origami #oxpropfest
Sneak preview of our cantilevered concrete canopy.
More soon….
@conformconstruction
#gardenspaces #amazingspaces #insideoutside #design #oxford
Our school building’s double height moon door is taking shape.
#amazingspaces #shrewsbury #roomwithaview #architecture
We are getting all the ducks in line to retrofit this disused social club.
Meanwhile we are enjoying the melancholic beauty in its abandonment.
All the Saturday night laughter soaked into that weary banquette….
#retrofit #sustainablearchitecture #oxfordlife #laughter #abandonedplaces
Our self-build house project, Copper Bottom, will be entirely clad in green copper. But why? You can find out in Adrian’s love letter to copper – follow the link in our bio.
#coppercladding #selfbuild #sustainablehome #oxfordshire #dreamhome #greenarchitecture #patina #copper #green
A drone shot of The Bluff, bedding in nicely.
The landscaping is by @chrisbeardshawdesign, big winner at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.
#chelseaflowershow #dreamgarden #beefriendly #oxfordshire #cotswolds #wildflowers #livingwithnature #dreamhome
We’ve done the sums and it turns out the RIBA gong we bagged last week was our 25th design award. Woohoo. These include seven awards in all from the RIBA, two of which were for sustainability. Then there have been national awards e.g. best townhouse, best brick house, best concrete building in the whole UK. And local ones; special because we want to make a difference in our patch: Oxford Preservation Trust, OxPropFest and the Chilterns Building Award. See them all via the link in our bio.
#RIBAAwards #awardwinningarchitect
#sustainability #design #dreamhome #oxfordshire #oxford #chilterns #concretehouse #copper
Head over heels to report that our Vishuddha Yoga Centre has won a prestigious RIBA South Award 2023!
The judges’ lovely description can be found via the link in our bio.
In fact this is our seventh award from the RIBA. #RIBAAwards #architectureawards #copper #yoga #ribasouth #Oxford #vishuddhayogacentre #bytheriver @riba @vishuddhayogaoxford @stantec @kme_tecu
The scaffold is down on our latest project.
Sharper still when the glass protection film is gone. #architecture #architect #light #brick #design #oxfordshire #contrast #bluesky
Green is for go. Our super-green, sustainable copper house breaks ground in May. Read more about it in our blog - link in bio. #sustainability #sustainabledevelopment #greenliving #copper #newhouse #unique #design #architecture #dreamhome #oxfordshire
Oxford Property Forum and Oxford City Council put on another excellent OxPropSummit last week, exploring the future of Oxfordshire’s built environment. Our director Adrian James was on the panel discussing whether, where, why and how Oxford should build higher. Read all about it at the link in bio.
#OxPropSummit #UKPropertyForums #densification #sustainabledevelopment #15minutecities #housing #development #sustainability #future #oxford #oxfordshire #architect #architecture
It has taken a month to build the formwork and rebar for our cantilevered coffered concrete canopy.
The last thing to do before the concrete is poured is vacuum up the cherry blossom so it doesn’t get embedded in the soffit.
The tubes and caps are where the cast glass lenses will go allowing sunlight to dapple the concrete terrace below.
@centrespacedesign
#construction #architecture #design #betonbrut #concrete #light #texture #archdaily #geometry #formwork #process #architect
In progress materials palette for our upcoming copper-clad project.
Scrummily tactile, but should the bricks be more pastelly or more punchy?
#architecture #materials #colour #contrast #texture #tactile #design #dreamhome #archdaily #copper #brick
Our client at Zion’s Hill is enjoying the spring sunshine flooding her staircase.
She sent us this photo.
#architecture #design #oxfordshire #stair #stairdesign #light #contrast #pattern #archdaily #dreamhome #interior #interiordesign #home #homeinspo #architect
Exciting news: our sustainable community yoga studio is shortlisted for an RIBA award.
Link in bio.
#architecture #design #award #architect #riba #copper #detail #yoga #sustainability #colour #material #light #oxford#oxfordshire #building
Frosty February morning montage of one of our faves.
#architecture #design #waterside #reflection #river #dreamhome #architect #archdaily #balance #slowliving #oxfordshire #spring #morning #newhome #build
Visualisation by @rccvisuals
We`re hiring!
Visit our website or go to the link in bio for further information on how to apply.
#architecturejobs #architecture #design #architect #oxford #oxfordshire #job #dezeenjobs
