Our Approach.
CLIENT OBJECTIVES
Your objectives are paramount to us. Our first task as architect is to work with you to prepare a robust client brief. This is a process of investigation and consultation to understand your needs precisely and formulate a design brief.
We combine design vision with commercial understanding to ensure that your project gets off to the best possible start and that project spend and time wastage are minimised.
We check design progress at key milestones in the project and report back to you against our original agreed objectives.
DESIGN VISION
Our designs are described as elegant and on-trend. As the lead architect we embrace a new design brief and thoroughly enjoy the process of working up different concepts to translate thoughts and aspirations into ideas on paper.
Equally important is our architectural foresight and sharp technical design skill. We believe that the finer details are just as important as the big ideas and strive to ensure everything is designed down to the very last detail, to create a rich and thorough design.
CLIMATE RESPONSIBILITY
We feel a great sense of responsibility as architects for our work in the context of climate crisis. Every building or site will have different opportunities to minimise the carbon footprint of a project. Equally some sustainable building solutions will not be appropriate for certain situations.
As your architect we advise you at each step of the design process what sustainable opportunities are suitable and available. We assist you to appraise the maximum impact you can have within the constraints of the project.
We advocate the adoption of Passivhaus or Enerphit and can also adopt their core principles where assessment and accreditation aren't suitable for your project.
BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY
We pride ourselves at exceeding the clients expectations but we believe this should not be done at the expense of the project budget. As lead architect we work closely with Quantity Surveyors and Cost Consultants to support our clients in the managing project spend and excel in creating beautiful designs under tight budgets.
FORENSIC ANALYSIS AND RISK MANAGEMENT