We have experience of a wide range of building types and are used to working at all stages of architectural services from inception and feasibility, through outline and detailed design, Planning and Building Regulations Applications and specification to procurement, construction and contract administration and project completion. We aim to provide imaginative, and appropriate contemporary designs, coupled with a service tailored to the specific demands of each project.
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This project is in the centre of the commercial zone of Bournemouth Town Centre.
Although Planning Approval was originally obtained in 1991, implementation of the scheme has been delayed.
The scheme consists of approximately 60,000 square feet (gross) of offices in an eleven storey block with basement car parking.
Open office areas on each floor are served by circulation and services accommodation at the front with an emergency escape stairs at the rear.
By proposing a mechanical stacking car parking system, the design requires only one semi basement level plus one surface deck level for parking.
Although Planning Approval was originally obtained in 1991, implementation of the scheme has been delayed.
The scheme consists of approximately 60,000 square feet (gross) of offices in an eleven storey block with basement car parking.
Open office areas on each floor are served by circulation and services accommodation at the front with an emergency escape stairs at the rear.
By proposing a mechanical stacking car parking system, the design requires only one semi basement level plus one surface deck level for parking.
This scheme proposes 67 flats, including 20 affordable units, on a site adjacent to the late 19th century Midland Hotel, which was originally constructed adjacent to the terminus of the old Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.
The original hotel building will remain.
The flats are proposed in place of a number of old buildings on the site housing other hotel bedrooms and a car workshop, which will be demolished.
Our aim with this scheme was to create a new street scene in a contemporary manner that complements the intricacies and brio of the original hotel building.
The original hotel building will remain.
The flats are proposed in place of a number of old buildings on the site housing other hotel bedrooms and a car workshop, which will be demolished.
Our aim with this scheme was to create a new street scene in a contemporary manner that complements the intricacies and brio of the original hotel building.
Our Clients for this project, stationery and gifts suppliers Bitz, originally wished to insert a new ground floor shopfront beneath an extremely un-attractive upper facade made of mustard coloured corrugated metal sheeting.
Poole Borough Council wanted to use this an opportunity to upgrade the appearance of the High Street, and offered Bitz an improvement grant to create a better facade for the whole building.
We presented Poole Borough Council Planning Department and Bitz with a number of alternative proposals for the project, and the Planners finally chose this scheme as the most appropriate for the site.
Poole Borough Council wanted to use this an opportunity to upgrade the appearance of the High Street, and offered Bitz an improvement grant to create a better facade for the whole building.
We presented Poole Borough Council Planning Department and Bitz with a number of alternative proposals for the project, and the Planners finally chose this scheme as the most appropriate for the site.
Our Clients for this project had previously obtained Planning Approval for a block of 6 flats on the site.
They had attempted to increase the number of flats to 8, but Planning Approval had been refused by the local Authority and on Appeal.
Our brief was to obtain Planning Approval for 8 flats.
This was despite the support of the Area Planning Officer, the Councils' Conservation Architect and the local Civic Society and our Clients enthusiasm for the design.
However, the building footprint, site planning and density criteria were all accepted by the Planning Authority, and we subsequently obtained Planning Approval for a block of eight flats of similar plan form, but within a more conventional pitched roof envelope.
They had attempted to increase the number of flats to 8, but Planning Approval had been refused by the local Authority and on Appeal.
Our brief was to obtain Planning Approval for 8 flats.
This was despite the support of the Area Planning Officer, the Councils' Conservation Architect and the local Civic Society and our Clients enthusiasm for the design.
However, the building footprint, site planning and density criteria were all accepted by the Planning Authority, and we subsequently obtained Planning Approval for a block of eight flats of similar plan form, but within a more conventional pitched roof envelope.
This house, the second that we designed for the same Clients within a few hundred yards of each other, is probably the most spatially satisfying one designed by the practice, incorporating as it does a number of themes that we have explored over a period of years.
The site is a hidden gem.
The house is accessed via a compact drive off the road, and the house shows a low key single storey front faade to the world.
The section of the building behind this utilises a downwards slope to form two habitable storeys, the entrance hall acting as an intermediate level between the two floors.
The site is a hidden gem.
The house is accessed via a compact drive off the road, and the house shows a low key single storey front faade to the world.
The section of the building behind this utilises a downwards slope to form two habitable storeys, the entrance hall acting as an intermediate level between the two floors.
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