Category: New Builds

Following the successful extension and remodelling of their property in 2011, our clients commissioned us to design their new “forever home.”

Sectioning off part of their extensive garden, the design features a single-storey residence that wraps around the Eastern and Northern site boundaries to capitalise on day and evening sunlight, views to adjacent ancient woodlands, create privacy both to the interior and garden areas and to create a seamless connection with the landscape.

While the property includes three large double bedrooms, the layout is carefully curated to feel intimate and manageable for a couple. The guest wing is strategically positioned to be closed off when not in use, ensuring the home retains a cozy, personal atmosphere even when family and friends are not visiting.

The design concept centres on high ceilings and open-plan living spaces that flow effortlessly into one another, with every room oriented to maximize the relationship between the interior and the external patio and garden.

Construction is scheduled to begin in June 2026, and we are thrilled to begin bringing this dream to life.

A Secluded Modern Retreat

Tucked away on a quiet plot, this new family home turned a complex set of site constraints into a beautiful opportunity. With neighbours in close proximity, a nearby public house, and an undeveloped site to one side, the orientation and form of the building required a high degree of precision and careful design. We focused on creating a private sanctuary that feels both open and protected. The result is a stunning, light-filled residence that our clients are proud to call home.

Designed for Lifestyle

The architecture is defined by its sense of volume and flow. Upon entry, you are greeted by a dramatic, vaulted entrance hall featuring a signature floating staircase. This sense of space continues throughout the home, with airy, double-height rooms and an expansive, open-plan kitchen, dining, and living area that serves as the heart of the house.

Luxury and Connectivity

The house is meticulously equipped for modern life, featuring a private cinema room, a dedicated home office, and a gym. Four generous bedrooms—each with its own en-suite—provide tranquil personal spaces, while practical additions like a large utility and pantry, alongside an integral double garage, ensure the home functions as beautifully as it looks.

A Seamless Connection to the Outdoors

We placed a strong emphasis on blurring the lines between inside and out. Large areas of glazing flood the home with natural daylight and offer framed views of the garden. By incorporating canopied external spaces, we’ve created sheltered areas that allow the family to enjoy the outdoors in any weather.

The building’s aesthetic is a refined blend of materials—warm timber, natural slate, and elegant brickwork—all unified by clean lines and modern glass, creating a home that feels both contemporary and timeless.

 

 

A Secluded Forever Home

Our clients came to us with a beautiful, secluded plot and a clear vision: to create a forever home that balances spacious, modern living with the site’s unique natural character. Located within a conservation area, the project required a sensitive approach to scale and height, which we used as an opportunity to craft a home that feels perfectly nestled within its landscape while preserving a generous, wrap-around garden and private drive.

 

A ‘Welcome Home’ Arrival

From the moment you pass through the entrance gates, the house is designed to offer a sense of arrival. Upon entering, you are welcomed by a dramatic, full-height entrance hall featuring a striking suspended staircase. A wide, light-filled corridor—bordered by floor-to-ceiling glazing—acts as a gallery, drawing you toward the heart of the home.

 

Living in Harmony with the Landscape

The core of the residence is an expansive, vaulted kitchen, dining, and living space. This area flows seamlessly onto an outdoor patio sheltered by an extended roofline, allowing for comfortable alfresco living regardless of the weather. Throughout the house, we have utilized expansive glazing and folding sliding doors to dissolve the boundary between indoors and out, ensuring that the beauty of the garden is a constant backdrop to daily life.

My Clients had a clear view of what they wanted as their new home on a large plot. I worked closely with them to develop their brief, create design concepts, and a final design that ticked all the boxes. Deep roof overhangs, large internal rooms that link together and with the surrounding gardens, covered external sitting areas, and a large kitchen/living/dining area with vaulted ceilings provide a great family home. This will certainly be a standout feature house in the town of Underwood.

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Designing a new home for a Client who is an engineer and an artist was always going to be a challenge…

​However, our collaboration has worked well and a beautiful home has been designed that connects with the garden areas, takes advantage of the sun’s path through the sky and fully provides their requirements for how they want to live in the house.

​Zones have been created inside that flow with the sun’s path and the time of day that the Client’s will be using those area, from early morning sun to the office and day lounge, to late evening sun to the evening lounge and external patio areas accessed via fully opening folding sliding doors.

​A simple palette of timber cladding and brick with strong shapes creates a composition which is both contemporary and soft with low maintenance requirements.

Maximizing Views and Volume

Our clients purchased a run-down bungalow in their ideal location with a vision to transform it into a spacious family home. To take full advantage of the site’s potential, the brief called for a three-storey design, allowing the family to enjoy elevated, sweeping views of the open Derbyshire countryside, rising above a neighboring development at the foot of their long rear garden.

A Design of Dramatic Proportions

We translated this requirement into a design that uses height to create a profound sense of scale. The master bedroom suite features a recessed south-facing balcony, providing a private vantage point to enjoy the landscape. Inside, the home is defined by dramatic volumes; the kitchen and day-lounge are housed within a single-storey side wing featuring full-height vaulted ceilings. This is anchored by a three-storey entrance hall, which features a striking, sculptural staircase that rises through the heart of the house to connect all levels.

Seamless Indoor-Outdoor Living

The connection to the garden was a priority. The kitchen and lounge area transition effortlessly to the outdoors through large folding sliding doors. We extended the roofline to create a covered seating area, which provides a sheltered, year-round transition between the interior living space and the garden beyond.

Innovative Fire Safety Solutions

Designing a three-storey home often introduces strict Building Regulation constraints, typically requiring staircases to be enclosed in fire-proof corridors. To maintain our vision of an open-plan, flowing home, we utilized clever fire curtain compartmentation. This technology allows the house to remain entirely open, letting light and space travel freely between the living areas and the central staircase without compromising safety.

A contemporary house hidden away from view in a wood full of oak trees sounds like the ideal location to live. And it is. A farming family wanted a new home that they could move into on their land in the green hills of Wales. With beautiful views across the valley, the design opens up the front and rear elevations with almost complete floor to roof glazing and a double height internal space that makes the inside and outside visually feel like one space.

Locally sourced natural materials are used to help make the house blend and age with it’s natural habitat. The layout is split into three zones. One for living, one for sleeping and one for circulation that links the other two together

Environmental design is close to their hearts and so a ground source heat pump is being integrated to provide all their hot water and heating requirements. A local natural spring will also provide water.