A regenerative home designed for a family moving from a large listed building into a space that allows them to live a better quality of life whilst also positively impacting the environment.

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The home has been designed to be super-efficient, to be constructed of materials that are less impactful to the environment and the health of the occupants, and to integrate the indoor spaces with the outdoor spaces seamlessly.

A Passivhaus designed as a new family home, the house is designed to nest within the existing site and work with the constraints and opportunities it presented; we find that working and moulding our designs around these constraints helps to create great buildings that are less impactful on the site, and the construction budget.

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The house employes many sustainable architectural and mechanical features, from being a highly insulated home constructed from local, easily sourced materials, to specialist heat recovery systems.

This existing farmhouse was a pleasure to work with; although small and not fully functioning for our clients, it was one of our favourites.

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We redesigned the layout of the existing farmhouse, adding more space by knocking through to the attached barn, which allowed us to bring a real sense of drama within the home.

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We then added two small extensions to the property, one quite modest and humble and the other more contemporary; this allows the occupants to fully immerse themselves in the surrounding environment in which they reside.

Converting a historic building is always a great opportunity; as we designed this now amazing subdivided chapel, we had to consider the impact we would have and leave on this former place of worship.

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The end result is turning what was a forgotten and derelict chapel into four amazing four-bedroom homes that can and will be enjoyed for many years to come.

As work took on this project, we were confronted with a home that wasn't meeting the modern needs of a family. The old layout and circulation didn't work for a modern, busy, professional family with children. We adapted, extended and improved the performance of the home to meet the needs of the family and any future occupants.

A proposal for a new build Passivhaus with a difference. This new home was designed to function for modern-day living, with open-plan layouts, generous bedrooms with ensuites and home office space. It also was designed to take architectural ques from the previously demolished mill that resided upon the site historically.

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Impact on the open countryside was considered, and the design was made of locally sourced materials that are vernacular to the area.

This eco-friendly garden studio was designed for a couple that wanted to enjoy their outdoor space to its fullest; the design allows the occupants of the building to effortlessly connect with nature whilst also having no negative impact on the surrounding ecology of the site.

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The garden studio is designed to be high-performance, negating the need for expensive and heavily extensive heating and cooling solutions.