The opportunity to start another two exciting projects this week, one in East Devon and the other West Dorset, both farmhouses and both heated entirely by wood-burning stoves. The first is an extension to a mediaeval house and the other regularisation of works to a 1738 building of two halves. The challenge is how to install a new kitchen into a 5 bedroom house which has many reception rooms but hardly any service rooms apart from 90’s extensions. The kitchen needs to be the heart of the home and it is reasonable to have direct access to the garden. There […]
Monthly archives: February 2022
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We have received listed building consent for two applications this week, one in Dorset (Sherborne) for alterations to a Grade II listed care home and another in South Somerset (Merriott) for a Grade II listed cottage. The best part about achieving a good outcome is that building work can commence and those long awaited improvements implemented. We have already got the Building Regs package ready for the first of these and the second one doesn’t need them. A working lunch with fellow architects enables us to keep abreast of the changes post Grenfell and ensures that we are specifying the […]
This week is about putting the love back into the job, recognising that we should show appreciation for those who work for us and provide us with our raison d’etre. The brilliant mantra of the EVOLVE team is to thank everyone at least once a week for something they have done well and to have patience with poor performers. I could not run the business without the support and advice of so many others so this is an opportunity to say a big THANK YOU. Without our wonderful clients, we would not be able to practice. We have been rewarded […]
Design in the Making. That describes our job perfectly, always honing something so that it is fit for purpose, trying very hard to balance our client’s needs with the needs of the existing building and within the limitations of planning. Often future-proofing a structure that has been dilapidated, converting a utilitarian space in which to modulate light and create warmth, comfort and moods, listen to the rain, to entertain, sleep, live or work. We seek to create a place to rejoice in. All architecture is people-oriented, society oriented, culture oriented.