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 […]
Kim Sankey
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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.
This month sees the start of several new projects across the counties of Devon, Dorset and Somerset. These enquiries which came in during January have been converted into live jobs. We are preparing for two projects to start on site and negotiating on two others. Also, we have been designing light, bright, bespoke fitted furniture and numerous home offices, which double as guest accommodation or gyms. Just about to submit for planning permission and listed building consent for residential use of a pair of barns in the curtilage of a Grade II listed C18 farmhouse, a shippen and linhay. Through […]
A fruitful week with two new clients asking for specialist advice on their unlisted, but locally important buildings in conservation areas in Dorset. These are commonly referred to as non-designated heritage assets. The building types are diverse, one a thatched cottage, the other one a former primitive chapel. We are moving forward slowly on projects on site waiting for the better weather to lay foundations, and for 10 of our current applications to be processed by various planning authorities. One application for listed building consent was approved this week for a farmhouse in Holditch, the next step is to obtain […]