Yesterday evening we attended an eye opening masterclass about Biodiversity considerations within developments, with Dr Steve Holloway, the principle Ecology Consultant from SLR. Age old prejudices between developers and ecologists were disbanded as it became clear that both sides were seeking a pragmatic solution. Every developer in the room had run into difficulties with Local […]
Having outgrown our office in the Senate we have now moved to 18 Southernhay West where we have a lovely new studio and Interior designer Hannah Martin is helping us with our fit out. Living Space Architects was established in 2004 in Plymouth […]
Investing in youngsters As you read the latest football news, it notes radical proposals for the restructuring of English football in the report of the FA commission. This is an important issue for us “If Football Association chairman Greg Dyke’s Commission really wants to study why fewer English youngsters are breaking through into the country’s […]
The Government has scrapped plans for what was dubbed a ‘conservatory tax’ that would have required homeowners to install additional – and potentially expensive – energy efficiency measures when making home improvements. Part of the complicated proposals under the England and Wales Building Regulations: Part L 2013 Consultation – ‘consequential improvements’ have been part of […]
This blog post is about the contemporary architecture near where I live in St Leonards. I should be clear that none of the buildings shown were designed by Living Space Architects, although I must admit I wish I had designed some of them myself as they are beautiful. Where I can I have credited the […]
While we’re working in the design for Newtown Community Centre we’ve been trying to talk with as many of the users as we can and I was lucky to be invited to present to the Woodcraft Fold District meeting yesterday to present our scheme. I have to admit Woodcraft Folk is not a group I had […]
Today we’re enjoying looking at barns in the office, we were pleasantly surprised to find out that some of the barns we like had even been listed. Pictures are of a beautiful barn in Dunsford near one of our new projects and a gorgeous house in Galway by Richard Murphy Architects.
We’ve been working hard over the last few weeks creating our new website. Let us know what you think, we’ve created it in wordpress using a theme by web designer Kriesi and we’re really pleased with it. Over the coming months we will be adding to our blog to keep you up to date with […]