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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
We have a variety of exciting projects on the drawing board. Watch them go real this year.
Please click the link in bio for some we have built already.
Or get in touch if you would like one of your own!
#architecture #architect #oxfordshire #oxford #buckhingamshire #shropshire #hertfordshire #drawing #design #development #create #collage #buildings #inspiration #futureprojects #future #project
A re-imagining of the Cotswold vernacular with a dose of spatial and sculptural play and with a finesse enabled by modern stone craftsmanship and engineering.
Thanks to the team: @solid.engineering
@w.g_carter @apsmasonry @wigengineering_ltd
Photography by @fisherstudiosuk
#architecture #design #stone #cotswolds #renovate #extension #geometry #dreamhome #cotswolds #cotswoldlifestyle #archdaily #architect #homeinspo #traditional #contemporary #vernacular #engineering #innovation
The interior has real wow: a timber gangway leads to a gallery hovering between old and new, with a huge vista of the valley below.
Photography by @fisherstudiosuk
Joinery by D. Smith Joinery
Construction by WG Carter
#architecture #design #stone #cotswolds #renovate #extension #geometry #dreamhome #cotswolds #cotswoldlifestyle #archdaily #architect #homeinspo #traditional #contemporary #interiordesign #interiorsinspo #staircase #stairdesign
The smooth ashlar stone contrasts with the coursed rubble whose chunky roughness is accentuated by standing proud of the mortar and ashlar.
Photography by @fisherstudiosuk
#architecture #stone #design #cotswolds #cotswoldslife #dreamhome #texture #detail #archdaily
Ten years ago we might have knocked it all down and started again.
We know better now, so we have preserved the old and added a new wing. Same materials, rather different treatment.
Thanks to the team: @solid.engineering
@w.g_carter @apsmasonry @wigengineering_ltd
Photography by @fisherstudiosuk
#architecture #design #stone #cotswolds #renovate #extension #geometry #dreamhome #cotswolds #cotswoldlifestyle #archdaily #architect #homeinspo #traditional #contemporary
A few pictures this week of our recently completed Cotswolds project: Zion’s Hill. This is the acute corner of the new garden wing with its origami-esque stonework.
Thanks to the team: @solid.engineering
@w.g_carter @apsmasonry @wigengineering_ltd
Photography by @fisherstudiosuk
#architecture #design #stone #cotswolds #cotswoldslife #architect #corner #detail #homeinspo #dreamhome #angles #geometry #construction #cotswolds #oxfordshire #gloucestershire
Brilliant news that our Vishuddha Yoga Studio scooped a coveted GREEN PLAQUE AWARD at the Oxford Preservation Trust Awards 2022!
But where to put it…?
https://www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk/content/opt-awards-2021
@oxfordprestrust
#OPTAwards #VishuddhaYogaCentre #yoga #architecture #design #building #copper #oxford #oxfordshire #colour #contrast #building #architect #archdaily
Progress shot of the steel frame of our new building for Shrewsbury School, with one we did earlier in the background.
This is our third project for the school over the last ten years; it is very rewarding to work with a client over time and together nurture their built estate.
#education #architecture #design #building #construction #development #architect #future #schooldesign #steel #frame
AJA are delighted to have won the OxPropFest 2022 Award for the BEST RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT of less than ten units.
Here’s the Woodstock Apartments team looking well chuffed between Nigel Tipple of OXLEP and Greg Searle MBE.
#oxford #oxpropfest #oxfordshire #property #bricks #design #architecture #symmetry #architect #designinspo #dreamhome
@fisherstudiosuk
One more picture of our Woodstock Apartments; a detail showing the palette of materials.
The building respects the parameters of the north Oxford context: building line, ridge line, eaves line, symmetry - and materials. But the equivalence is not too literal; instead of roof tiles there is shimmering profiled bronze aluminium cladding, instead of black half-timbering there is raw hit-and-miss timber boarding, instead of wrought-iron railings there are vertically cantilevered coated steel tubes.
#architecture #design #materials #detail #home #homedesign #property #light #shadow #rhythm #brick #context #symmetry #timber #build #architect #archdaily
Woodstock Apartments game-changer no.2: the future is electric and zero carbon.
This is developer housing; the sums must work. We’ve done this - and we’ve done it with no gas: the building is all electric. It has electric heating and hot water and PV on the roof. Plus an MVHR system, really thick insulation and a stringently airtight skin. We think every building must be a RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER STATION. This new building shows the planet can be saved without damage to the bottom line.
#brick #development #sustainable #energy #housing #oxford #architecture #solar #design #home #property #aerial #oxfordshire
Woodstock Apartments game-changer no.1: careful densification.
This plot previously had one big family house on it. By spreading backwards and stepping downwards, we’ve fitted in 7 big apartments accommodating 21 residents. If only every sixth house is developed like this then the density of north Oxford will DOUBLE without a change of character. This is the kind of sustainable development in sustainable locations Oxford needs.
#oxford #property #development #densification #housing #light #brick #shadow #rhythm #sustainable #material #home #homedesign #architecture #oxfordshire #design
@ooelectricalltd @solid.engineering @greenwoodprojects_ltd
