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collaboration is king

every site brings its own set of challenges. here are some of the complex problems we've solved collaborating with our clients.

new christ church primary school, reading

community & places

a clever fix, fast.

new christ church primary school, reading

new washrooms and a floating play deck giving specialist pupils their own space, delivered in a single summer.

central london workplaces

commercial & budget, reuse & refurbishment

a trusted london team.

central london workplaces

visualisation, design and specification for high-end offices, from st james's to the strand.

upper crown street, reading

community & places, commercial & budget, development & difficult sites, reuse & refurbishment

unlocking a complex town-centre site.

upper crown street, reading

46 new homes on a former car park, keeping every leased parking space and adding a garden square.

smash padel, multiple locations

commercial & budget, planning & consent, sports & leisure

new courts for a growing sport.

smash padel, multiple locations

padel centres in cardiff, bicester and whitstable, planned and delivered alongside the venues that host them.

townhouse restoration, clapham common

heritage & listed building, reuse & refurbishment

giving old buildings new life.

townhouse restoration, clapham common

a listed townhouse restored from the ground up, from neglected shared house to family home.

central club, reading

community & places, development & difficult sites, heritage & listed building, planning & consent, reuse & refurbishment

reviving a community landmark.

central club, reading

a much-loved music venue becomes 17 new homes, with its celebrated mural of black history at the heart of the design.

the triangle, greenwich

development & difficult sites, sustainability & future-proofing

zero carbon, social homes.

the triangle, greenwich

five low-energy council townhouses on a tight enclosed site, built with off-site timber frame.

farmor's school, fairford

community & places, sports & leisure, sustainability & future-proofing

facilities for the whole community.

farmor's school, fairford

a modernised sports hall and new all-weather pitch, shaped with the school and the clubs that share them.

listed farmhouse extension, woking

heritage & listed building, homes & family living

the next chapter of an old house.

listed farmhouse extension, woking

a grade II listed farmhouse with 300 years of change, given light, space and a zinc-clad extension for family life.

yeomanry house, reading

heritage & listed building, reuse & refurbishment

a house with many lives.

yeomanry house, reading

a georgian villa that has been a family home, a school, a cavalry base and a register office, now designed to be homes again.

gatehampton road, goring

community & places, development & difficult sites, planning & consent, sustainability & future-proofing

unlocking a reserve site.

gatehampton road, goring

around 14 family homes in a protected landscape, brought forward when another allocated site stalled.

calcot park golf club, berkshire

reuse & refurbishment, sports & leisure, sustainability & future-proofing

making sport more inclusive.

calcot park golf club, berkshire

a clubhouse designed for every generation, not just golfers.

single-storey home extension, berkshire

commercial & budget, homes & family living

small extension, big difference.

single-storey home extension, berkshire

a single-storey extension that changed how a family uses their whole house.

the old british school, reading

heritage & listed building, reuse & refurbishment

giving a school a second life.

the old british school, reading

a grade II listed school converted into 14 homes, keeping the traces of generations of pupils.

uxbridge cemetery gatehouse

community & places, heritage & listed building, planning & consent

care without a payback.

uxbridge cemetery gatehouse

rescuing a grade II listed victorian gothic gatehouse on one of uxbridge's busiest frontages.

grade II* listed house restoration, reading

heritage & listed building, planning & consent

putting things right.

grade II* listed house restoration, reading

a grade II* listed house brought back from enforcement through research, mediation and specialist repair.

bespoke detached home, walton-on-thames

homes & family living, planning & consent

delivering for developers.

bespoke detached home, walton-on-thames

a grand one-off home, taken from our client's vision to a finished house of real quality.

two detached homes, reading

development & difficult sites, ecology & trees, homes & family living, planning & consent

making room on a tight plot.

two detached homes, reading

a pair of new detached houses, fitted onto a constrained street and approved on appeal.

contemporary woodland home, berkshire

development & difficult sites, ecology & trees, homes & family living, sustainability & future-proofing

building around nature.

contemporary woodland home, berkshire

a contemporary woodland home designed around its mature trees and the wildlife that shares the site.

red kite, berkshire

homes & family living, development & difficult sites, planning & consent

imagining the exceptional.

red kite, berkshire

a design study for a one-off country house, exploring how far imaginative architecture can go in open countryside.

audley house fire station, hove

heritage & listed building, planning & consent, reuse & refurbishment

a fire station's second life.

audley house fire station, hove

a run-down fire station in a conservation area, turned into homes that celebrate what it used to be.

replacement farmhouse, essex

commercial & budget, ecology & trees, homes & family living

building value in the green belt.

replacement farmhouse, essex

a replacement farmhouse where smart amendments and close contractor working added space, speed and value.

contemporary family home, winkfield

heritage & listed building, homes & family living, planning & consent

designing around families.

contemporary family home, winkfield

a family home designed by an architect for his own family, where every decision put daily life first.

agricultural conversion into four homes, ashmore green

development & difficult sites, planning & consent, reuse & refurbishment

less building, more home.

agricultural conversion into four homes, ashmore green

four disused chicken sheds reduced to two, and reborn as four contemporary country homes.

victorian house renovation, highmoor

heritage & listed building, homes & family living, reuse & refurbishment

creating homes that actually work.

victorian house renovation, highmoor

reimagining a victorian house by completely rethinking how the family lives inside it.

affordable homes, delivered

community & places

from drawings to doorsteps.

affordable homes, delivered

around ten affordable housing schemes delivered with alexander james contracts, for councils and housing associations.

the white horse hotel, wincanton

development & difficult sites, ecology & trees, planning & consent

saving a building at risk.

the white horse hotel, wincanton

a grade II* former hotel on the heritage at risk register, being brought back to life as homes and a shop front.

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