2017
DESIGNSCAPE DESIGNSCAPE A r C H A i tr EC C H it t S E C t S
dESIGNSCAPE PortFolio 3RD EDitioN
PortFolio PortFolio 2017 2017
Contents
Hardy House
About us
New Houses
House Landsdown
Springfield Farm pg.4
Sydney Buildings
Chilliswood
Court Farm
pg.14
Bannerdown Road
Kelston Road
Twinneys
Dane Rise
pg.86
pg.20
pg.32
pg.40
Refurbishment
The Fosse
pg.52
Dixcroft Holt
Cedar House
pg.134
Lambridge
Meadow View
pg.72
Calderwood
pg.146
pg.152
pg.160
Frankley Buildings
pg.192
pg.198
pg. 202
Work places
pg.142
Gospel Hall
pg.188
Kingsbury Croft
pg.124
Squash House
pg.174
pg.184
Church Lane
pg.116
pg.60
pg.78
Courtfield
pg.102
pg.110
Cornbury Mill
Bloomfield Avenue
Windrush House
pg.94
Innox Lodge
Hart Close
Monkton Farleigh
pg.170
pg.166
Science Formaldehyde Studio
Science Studios
pg.214
Hill Farm Dairy
pg.222
Holcombe Mill
pg.228
© 2017 by Designscape Architects Ltd. The book author retains sole copyright to their contributions to this book.
pg.206
Introduction This book contains a collection of drawings and photographs of projects completed by Designscape since it was founded in 2005. It is intended only as a starting reference point for our work, illustrating the depth and range of the work we have completed to date.
Practice Profile Designscape is a design-led architecture practice, with a wide range of projects throughout the UK. We work across all sectors – our current work ranges from residential projects and larger housing schemes to urban design, commercial and agricultural buildings and a very large art production studio and art gallery for one of the world’s best known artists. We have a track record of inventive problem solving and bringing design flair, sensitivity and expertise to our work. Whatever the size and nature of the project, we are motivated by our desire to ensure that all commissions are completed to the highest possible standard. Our work includes high quality new build projects, as well as schemes that bring new life and identity to historic and listed buildings. We are constantly embracing new technology where this can benefit our buildings and their users, but try to use technology in an intelligent and discreet way. All our projects aim to minimize their environmental impact and keep running and maintenance costs low. We want our clients to find the experience of working with us, and using a Designscape building, an enjoyable and rewarding one.
Annual Study Trips The team at Designscape Architects is motivated and professional. We try to keep it that way with a very open culture where the whole team shares in the responsibilities as well as the rewards. The studio is a friendly, creative and professional environment, where we enjoy the company of our colleagues and value their individual skills and areas of expertise. One way in which we keep ourselves fresh and motivated is to go on a long weekend trip each year, visiting a different city and looking at some of the best and most inspiring architecture around Europe.
Copenhagen 2016
Oxford 2015
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Springfield Farm
New House
Location: Client: Status:
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Bath Private Completed 2015
Springfield Farm replaces a 1950s bungalow with a contemporary and innovative two-storey house. Designscape was in charge of the detailed design and construction following the brief given by the clients “we wanted our home to be a contemporary and individual piece of architecture, a home in which to display our art collection, and for the house to sit very comfortably within the rural environment. We asked for spaces, not rooms; divisions, not walls; and vertical and horizontal surfaces to display art, sculpture and ceramics.� The building incorporates living accommodation on the ground floor with two en-suite bedrooms on the first floor. The open plan kitchen and dining area features large full height glazing overlooking the terrace to the views beyond. Multiple floor levels break up the living space and create a sense of different zones within the plan. Care has been taken to select natural and sustainable materials that complement the colours of buildings in the area and the rural surroundings. An extensive green roof on the studio links to the wild flower meadow by a raised bank, planted to blend with the adjacent meadow. In association with Andrew Wood Associates
Before 2012
Winner, Best Residential Development, RICS Awards 2016
After 2015
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SPRINGFIELD FARM AS PROPOSED 2
studio store & wc utility hallway snug living
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7 dining 8 kitchen 9 upper terrace 10 lower terrace 11 bathroom 12 ensuite 13 bedrooms
studio store & wc utility hallway snug living
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7 dining 8 kitchen 9 upper terrace 10 lower terrace 11 bathroom 12 ensuite 13 bedrooms
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First Floor Plan
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kitchen dining living hallway bedroom ensuite
Long Section
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kitchen dining living hallway bedroom ensuite
Cross Section
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Chilliswood
New House
Location: Client: Status:
15.
Freshford, Bath Private Completed 2015
Domestic clients Mr & Mrs Smith purchased Chilliswood in 2009 with the aim to either redevelop the existing property or replace it with a new dwelling. They have two young children and wanted to build a modern family home to live in for the foreseeable future, they were keen to build a thermally efficient and high quality house which enhanced and complimented the stunning location. The new four-bedroom house is located on the footprint of the existing 1980s dwelling it replaces. Located in the Green Belt and offering panoramic views across the Limpley Stoke valley, the house was designed as two simple interconnecting volumes that make use of the site topography. The split-level accommodation places the open plan living space at its heart with a connection to the garden, and the more private master and guest bedrooms above and children’s rooms at the top. Featuring an internal heat recovery system, it is constructed using a masonry plinth and heavily insulated timber frame (clad with horizontal and vertical cedar boarding) to achieve an sympathetic, economic and sustainable solution.
Before 2010
Shortlisted, Design Quality, BaNES LABC Awards 2016
After 2015
16.
Living/Dining LOWER GROUND FLOOR
Office Utility
UPPER GROUND FLOOR
WC TV Room
Ground floor
Kitchen
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Bedroom
Bedroom
LOWER FIRST FLOOR
En Suite
En Suite
UPPER FIRST FLOOR
Bedroom
Bedroom Bathroom
First floor
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Bannerdown Road
New Build
Location: Client: Status:
23.
Batheaston, Bath Private Under construction
Located on a site below The Fosse, this scheme is for a new long term home for a private client. They provided a very specific brief that included the provision of a lap pool and ceramics studio. The house and garden are designed to respond to the steep contours of the site and incorporate the ruins of an old ‘poor house’ which will be preserved. At the site entrance off the main highway it is also proposed to build two small houses that will fill the break in the existing street frontage and provide rental income. The architectural treatments of each building is to be linked in a subtle way, with the use of a common language and materials that is both contemporary and modest, as well as being respectful of the village environment.
Before 2010
After 2016
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Ground floor (House 1)
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First floor (House 1)
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Ground floor (House 2 & 3)
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First floor (House 2 & 3)
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Kelston Road
Private House Extension
Location: Client: Status:
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Bath Private Completed 2015
This recently completed project is a single storey annexe on the Kelston Road, designed as a home for our client’s elderly parents, within the curtilage of their existing home. The site is located on the outskirts of Bath within the Greenbelt, we created a design which both preserves and enhances the surrounding environment. The use of a green roof and materials sympathetic to the original dwelling allowed the annexe to become a complementary addition to the site. Before 2014
After 2015
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Ground floor
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Section
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Twinneys
New House in the Green Belt Location: Client: Status:
Charlcombe, Bath Private Completed 2009
LOWER FLOOR PLAN
41.
This award winning new house is built on the site of a former piggery and lies within the Bath & Bristol Green Belt in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The design is conceived as a low-lying timber and glass structure supported on a terraced landscape, to blur the boundary between building and terrain. Sleeping accommodation is situated on the lower ground floor of the house with the entrance and open-plan kitchen, dining
and lounge spaces above. Three terraces open out from the living areas affording panoramic views across the valley. The thermal mass and high performance of the building envelope is complemented by solar hot water panels to provide a low energy solution. A partially autonomous artist’s studio and gallery is built into the hillside to the rear.
Shortlisted, RIBA Awards 2011 Highly Commended, B&NES Design Quality Awards 2011 Winner, Residential Category, RIBA Town & Country Awards 2010
Section
Studio / Gallery
Bedroom
SECTION
Bedrooms
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Snug Dining Living
Kitchen
UPPER FLOOR PLAN
Ground floor
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LOWER FLOOR PLAN
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First floor
Bedroom
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Artist Studio
To the rear of the new Twinneys house is a private artist’s studio and gallery built into the hillside. The green roof is planted with wild flowers to blend into the surrounding landscape with a linear rooflight being the only indication of the space below. Inside, large sliding glass windows flood the internal areas with natural daylight and open out onto a private sculpture courtyard.
Exposed bush hammered concrete complements the dry stone 49. walling to the separate entrance. The studio is designed to operate independently from the main house with its own washing and cleaning facilities, affording the opportunity for other artists to work there.
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52.
Monkton Farleigh
Private House Extension
Location: Client: Status:
53.
Bath Private Completed 2015
The project involved the refurbishment and extension of a grade II listed cottage in the picturesque village of Monkton Farleigh (Green Belt and AONB). One of a row of two, formally three cottages, the building had been extensively remodelled and was badly in need of modernisation. Challenges included a flying freehold over the neighbouring cottage. Designscape were appointed as having the knowledge and experience best suited to the owner’s needs and objectives. The brief was to undertake a sympathetic renovation of the house, strip out modern alterations, make minor modifications to the layout, upgrade building services, and where feasible, upgrade the building fabric. The attic became a main bedroom suite and a poorly constructed C20th extension replaced with a new design built to a high standard and making the most of the garden and views across the fields beyond.
Before 2012
The result is a series of high quality, light, airy, warm and healthy living spaces which retain and enhance much of the old character, whilst adding a new layer which will age sympathetically with the dwelling. The project stands out in achieving a successful marriage of thoughtful design, an understanding client, and some conscientious workmanship from the builder which in our experience is a rare commodity in projects of this scale and complexity. Shortlisted, Design Quality, BaNES LABC Awards 2016
After 2015
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Ground floor
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First floor
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Attic
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Cross Section
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Cornbury Mill
Interior Refurbishment
Location: Client: Status:
63.
Devizes, Wiltshire Private Completed 2016
Described as “a picture book C18th mill house set in beautiful mature gardens�, the project to refurbish an old watermill near Devizes turned out to be very challenging. Designscape were appointed to convert the mill for use as a calming weekend retreat. The building had previously undergone many changes and was dark and damp, suffering from low ceilings and made up of many small rooms. Surprisingly perhaps it is not listed and the alterations did not require planning permission. Our approach was to undertake a sympathetic renovation, stripping back recent alterations and opening up the floorplan to let in more daylight. This simple architectural intervention transformed the interior by providing a light and airy open plan living space, aided by the use of light finishes throughout. Major challenges were overcome during construction including a high water table, significant roof structure repairs, and the reconstruction of a substantial masonry chimney breast. These were addressed in a collaborative fashion by the design team and contractor, assisted by the clients’ understanding approach and trust in their professional advisors. The house is transformed on the inside but little altered externally. It remains a gem and as charming as it always was, but now the interiors are clean, warm, light and a joy to be in.
Before 2014
Shortlisted, West of England LABC Awards 2016 Shortlisted, RICS awards (Conservation) 2017
After 2016
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Site Plan
65.
First floor
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First floor
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Short Section
Long Section
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Meadow View
Private house extension
Location: Client: Status:
73.
Tellisford, Somerset Private Completed 2015
Meadow view is a detached single family residence with a separate garage and studio building. The cottage is Listed Grade II. The proposal was to construct a single storey link building between the existing main cottage and the adjacent garage and studio building known as the Barn. The desire to minimise the effect of the link building from the road constrains the design possibilities and resulted in the proposal being a very low lying building giving the appearance of a rubble stone and an oak clad screen wall extending between the Cottage and the Barn and separating the car parking area from the existing landscaped garden. Principles of high quality, legibility and reversibility have been employed. The design is contemporary but sympathetic to the host building.
Before 2012
The proposal seeked to use, wherever possible sustainable, traditional and locally sourced materials. These materials were detailed in a contemporary way to provide a discernible contrast with the older Listed Cottage.
After 2015
MEADOW VIEW TELLISFORD AS PROPOSED
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11
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lobby hallway living room kitchen sitting room utility wc bicycles store games bathroom studio study
Site Plan
Ground Floor Plan
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6
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lobby hallway living room kitchen sitting room utility wc bicycles store games bathroom studio study
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MEADOW VIEW TELLISFORD AS PROPOSED
11
First floor
13
11
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lobby hallway living room kitchen sitting room utility wc bicycles store games bathroom studio study
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lobby hallway living room kitchen sitting room utility wc bicycles store games bathroom studio study
First Floor Plan
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Bloomfield Avenue
Private House Renovation and Extension Location: Client: Status:
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Bath Private Completed 2013
Our brief in developing designs for this project was to replace a small galley kitchen, dark breakfast room, tired utility room and under-used conservatory. The end result needed to be light and bright, provide a direct and open relationship between the house and garden, with enough space to function as a multi-purpose room where the family would spend much of their time together. Our proposal created a new open plan space which stretched across the back of the house containing the kitchen and family room. We moved the family spaces closer to the garden and the light, and the utility room into the house where natural light was less important.
Before 2012
Large areas of glazing bring high levels of natural daylight into the house. A full width sliding door and floor to ceiling window system blurred the boundary between inside and outside, bringing the garden into the house and making the garden more accessible and usable.
Winner, Design Quality Domestic Extension, BaNES LABC Awards 2014
After 2013
80.
Drawing room
Hall
Dining
Utility
Kitchen
Living
Study
Ground floor
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Hardy House
Private Art Gallery & Residence Location: Client: Status:
87.
Box, Wiltshire Hardy House Gallery Completed 2012
This former shop, and latterly a working man’s club, was bought by our artist client with a plan to open part of the house to exhibitions of work by herself and other artists. The renovation work included a complete strip out of the interiors and a re arrangement of the internal spaces to allow the building to function as both a home and a gallery. The building envelope was renovated sensitively with minimal impact on the exterior so that the pure white interior spaces stand out in strong contrast. The spaces are designed so that the art on show is allowed maximum presence. The interior renovation required a high degree of detailing and accuracy, all completed on a modest budget.
Before 2011
We are now involved in the design of a second phase of the project; a stand-alone art studio in the garden.
After 2012
88.
HARDY HOUSE AS PROPOSED
8 Study
7 Bedroom
0
1 Gallery
6 WC
Section
Utility 5 Gallery 1
WC 6
Studio 2
3
Kitchen
Ground Floor Plan
Ground floor
Sitting4area
1 2 3 4 5 6
2
3
4
5M
gallery 7 bedroom studio 8 bedroom / study kitchen 9 bedroom / dressing sitting area 10 bathroom utility 11 archive Section12 shower wc
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Ground Floor Plan
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Bedroom 7
11 Store
Dressing / 9 Bedroom Bedroom 7
First Floor Plan
First floor
12
10 Bathroom
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House Landsdown
Private House Renovation and Extension Location: Client: Status:
95.
Lansdown, Bath Private Completed 2014
We were appointed by our clients to develop designs for alterations to this Victorian house prior to them moving in. Our brief was to extend the house to provide new accommodation to better suit the requirements of the family. The extension was to include a larger master bedroom suite, and a kitchen dining room to make more of the relationship with the garden and the great views over the city of Bath. This resulted in an extended wing to the rear, with a new timber framed garden room and enlarged terrace, which has space for the family to relax and entertain friends.
Before 2012
After 2014
96.
Study / Guest-room
Hall
Utility
Lounge
Garden room
Kitchen / Diner
Ground floor
97.
Bedroom
Store
Bedroom
Bedroom
Bedroom
First floor
98.
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100.
101.
102.
Sydney Buildings
Refurbishment of a Listed Late Georgian Townhouse Location: Client: Status:
103.
Sydney Buildings, Bath Private Completed 2013
Sydney Buildings is a desirable street on the southern slopes of central Bath. Our client purchased Horse Shoe House as a rundown property previously used as student accommodation, with the aspiration to return it back into a family home. After careful analysis of the historic value of various aspects of the building fabric we prepared a scheme that stripped away the modern layers of inappropriate interventions, repaired original features and sensitively introduced new services to make the house fit for modern life. The structural repairs included the need to re build significant sections of the rear elevation which had suffered some settlement - made worse by earlier repair efforts.
Before 2012
The highlight of the works is the new contemporary double-height bay window in the basement that opens out into the garden providing views across the Kennet and Avon Canal and to the city skyline beyond.
Winner, Design Quality, B&NES LABC Awards 2013
After 2013
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51 SYDNEY BUILDINGS AS PROPOSED
0
2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Vaults
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Vaults 2
7 Hall
Lobby 1
Dining 8
Kitchen 4 Living 3
6
5
Basement Floor Plan
Lower Ground floor
3
4
lobby vault living room / snug kitchen pantry wc hallway dining area garage balcony bathroom master bedroom bedroom garden store loft
5M
14
105.
Section As Existing
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
15
15
Bedroom 13
Bedroom 12
Hall
Living
7
3
10 Balcony
Kitchen 1
7
4
Dining 8
Section As Proposed
Section
lobby vault living room / snug kitchen pantry wc hallway dining area garage balcony bathroom master bedroom bedroom garden store loft
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110.
Court Farm
Restoration and Refurbishment to a Listed Building Location: Client: Status:
Langridge, Bath Private Phase 1 Completed 2010
111.
Located in the heart of the Green Belt in the Langridge valley, Court Farm comprises a Grade II* listed mediaeval manor house and former threshing barn. Working closely with the local conservation officer, a masterplan proposal was prepared to include for the repair and refurbishment of both the historic buildings. Works to the C15th house included the removal of low quality utilitarian additions, roofing repairs and the unblocking of historic doorways to re link the tower structure to the rest of the house.
At ground floor this provided a new utility and shower room, whilst at first floor a new ante room was turned into the ‘court room’ that continues to be used for local community events. To reinforce the importance of this room, a new window in the west elevation was created. The barn required some structural repair, and the metal roof replaced with a clay tiled roof. Some new overnight accommodation and a small kitchen were inserted into one end of the barn allowing the primary volume to remain clearly legible as a single volume.
Winner, Design Quality Works to a Listed Building, BaNES LABC Awards 2014
Before 2008
After 2010
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The Fosse
Renovation and Extension of a Victorian Villa Location: Client: Status:
Batheaston Private Completed 2010
This Victorian villa set in a village location has been altered on numerous occasions in the past, and the client purchased the house in a state of disrepair. The design concept of the work was to reverse the orientation of the house and place the main entrance in the rear north elevation, allowing the elegant south faรงade and its adjacent garden to become a private sanctuary for the family. The new double-height entrance hall looks over a newly excavated courtyard. Piling and a considerable amount of earth moving were required to allow this to happen, but the result transformed the possibilities of the house. The courtyard is lined with a rubble bath stone wall that wraps around the space and creates a roof terrace over the garage. The wall also penetrates through the new glass screen to form an internal first floor gallery, linking inside with outside.
Before 2009
Runner-up, Small Projects, RIBA Town & Country Awards 2011 Shortlisted, Daily Telegraph / Homebuilding & Renovating Awards 2011
Section
After 2010
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Bathroom Bathroom
Bedroom Bedroom Bedroom
First floor
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Innox Lodge
Contemporary Garden Room Location: Client: Status:
125.
Somerset Private Completed 2012
Located on the edge of a village with wide views across the rural landscape, this unlisted early Victorian house required complete renovation. We proposed a re ordering of the way that the site worked, so that the kitchen, on the more private side of the house, could be more closely connected to the garden. This meant that the arrival and car parking areas had to be re located, but this allowed the building of a new garden room which now forms the primary daytime living space in the house. The contemporary design of the new addition remains sympathetic to its setting through the use of traditional materials including bath stone ashlar and preformed lead panels that match the materials of the original house.
Before 2011
Works to the house included a number of alterations including the creation of a large opening from the kitchen to the new garden room, and a new staircase from the garden room into the basement rooms below. The basement was converted into a play room and cinema room. The house was re roofed to provide modern insulation standards and the internal services were completely renewed prior to the house being re decorated throughout.
Shortlisted, RIBA Awards 2013
After 2012
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0
Utility Store Study
Kitchen
WC
Library
Garden
Hall
Living Dining
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Ground floor
2
3
4
5M
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SECTION
East elevation
2
3
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5M
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134.
Cedar House
Sustainable Renovation Location: Client: Status:
Westbury Park, Bristol Private Completed 2010
135.
The client had purchased a dilapidated 1950s house in a residential street in Bristol, and wanted to transform it into a modern, bright and low energy family home. After discussions about the merits of retaining all, part or none of the existing accommodation, it was decided to leave the front part of the house intact with a new extension to the rear. The retained section was renovated and included a new slate roof and new windows, and was over clad with insulated render to improve the thermal performance. The rear of the house took on a softer character using western red cedar cladding and contained the new heart of the house; a double height dining space with direct access into the kitchen and a new staircase leading to a first floor gallery.
Shortlisted, Daily Telegraph / Homebuilding & Renovating Awards 2012
Before 2009
After 2010
The house has a harder more formal street side, and a much softer and more open private garden side, with most of the glazing facing south to maximize the passive solar design potential.
136.
Studio
Playroom
Cloak room Utility
Kitchen
Living Dining
Ground floor
137.
DAR HOUSE, BRISTOL
AWINGS AS PROPOSED 1:200
Bedroom
Bedroom
Bedroom
Bathroom Shower room Bedroom Bedroom
First floor
138.
Before 2009
After 2010
139.
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141.
142.
Hart Close
Domestic Extension Location: Client: Status:
143.
Ham Green, Bristol Private Completed 2012
Located on the southern edge of the river Avon near Bristol, this detached house was poorly connected to the large rear garden. The client required an open plan extension containing a kitchen, and dining and seating areas to function as the social heart of the home. Both natural and artificial lighting have been carefully considered to allow for a variety of atmospheres within the large space to suitably reflect the varying activities. The external walls of the extension are constructed of a thermally efficient insulated render system, creating a bold white contemporary volume against the existing red brick house. A large corner window, rooflight and glazed sliding doors allow the deep plan to be naturally lit whilst creating expansive views of the garden.
Before 2011
After 2012
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145.
146.
Squash House
Re purposed Squash Court Location: Client: Status:
147.
Lansdown, Bath Private Completed 2007
The existing house had been developed within the walls of a former squash club in 2002. This initial conversion failed to make the most of the original building and the client’s brief was to remedy this to provide an environment to suit modern family living. The design inverts the internal accommodation to provide connected living spaces with direct access onto the private external courtyards. New glazed doors slide back into the walls making full-width openings that link the internal and external areas. Bedrooms are relocated to the upper floor behind new clerestory windows with views over Bath. A new open-tread oak staircase connects the three floors and forms the back-bone to the re invented house.
Before 2005
After 2007
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Gospel Hall
Extension to a Listed Meeting House Location: Client: Status:
Claverton Down, Bath Private Completed 2011
153.
The challenge was to provide additional accommodation for this Grade ll listed former Meeting House in Claverton, Bath. The original building had already been converted into a small house in the 1990s with a rear extension designed loosely to match the original building. The new side extension provides an additional bedroom and a bathroom which allowed the owners to remain in the house and not have to move to accommodate a growing family. The visual appearance of the extension from the street is minimal - not even really looking like a building at all - so as not to compete with the strong architectural language of the original building.
Before 2010
The timber framed and clad structure is a strong counterpoint to the host building, and provides a sustainable and high performance building envelope. The new extension is connected to the original masonry building with a frameless glass link. Larger areas of glazing connect the bedroom to the garden on the rear side. A rooflight to the new bathroom frames a view of a carved angel on the original building.
After 2011
154.
0
Bathroom
Bedroom
Store Kitchen / Dining Living Hall
Utility
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Ground floor
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5 M
155.
156.
157.
158.
159.
160.
Calderwood
Suburban House Renovation Location: Client: Status:
161.
This detached house was originally constructed in 1965 and is located on a suburban street close to the centre of Bath. Our clients bought the property with the desire to upgrade and extend the accommodation to suit their growing family. They had previously lived in a Georgian townhouse in Bath, but came to realise that the suburban model has certain features which make the detached suburban house much more convenient for family life.
Bathwick, Bath Private Completed 2011
The new alterations have a minimal impact on the front of the house, instead providing a dramatic transformation of the living spaces at the rear and improving their connection to the garden. This has been achieved by extending outwards and to the side which, with the removal of the existing external and internal walls at ground level, creates a generous open plan living space. An additional bedroom on the first floor was also provided and the rest of the house was refurbished to a provide a modern, day lit and more energy efficient living environment.
Finalist, AJ Retrofit Awards 2013 Winner, Domestic Extension, B&NES Design Quality Awards 2011
Before 2009
After 2011
Living
Living
Playroom
Bedroom
162.
Dining Utility
Kitchen
2
3
4
5M
D FLOOR PLAN AS PROPOSED
Ground floor
B
Section
Kitchen
Study
Bedroom
A
163.
Bedroom Bedroom
A
Dressing room
Bedroom Bedroom
0
2
3
4
5M
FIRST FLOOR PLAN AS PROPOSED
First floor
Bedroom
B
164.
165.
166.
Frankley Buildings
Extension to a Listed Georgian Cottage Location: Client: Status:
Camden, Bath Private Completed 2009
This Grade II listed Georgian terrace house lies on a steep site in the centre of Bath. The project replaces an existing poor quality conservatory to the rear of the dwelling that disconnected the main accommodation from the rear garden. The new replacement is a contemporary addition in glass and steel designed to touch the existing building as lightly as possible.
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Structural glass beams maximise daylight, and the reinstatement of an opening in the rear wall of the house re establishes a visual and physical connection with the outside space. The new addition also provides a new washroom, open plan kitchen, dining and utility areas, whilst improving access to the elevated garden.
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Dane Rise
Extension and Refurbishment of 1970’s Former Bungalow Location: Client: Status:
Winsley, Wiltshire Private Completed 2012
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All of the bedrooms in this C20th extended house were set into the roof space and had restricted head-room. So when the client wished to add an additional bedroom, the desire was to avoid this situation. The resultant cedar clad flat roof extension achieves this whilst staying below the ridge of the existing roof. Its strong volume against the existing house is
used to demarcate the new entrance lobby below where two of the walls are glazed to allow a connection with the front garden whilst the third, clad in metal externally, forms builtin storage for coats and shoes. To the rear of the property the reconstituted stone extension was re clad using the same timber board to tie the front and rear of the property together.
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Windrush House
Refurbishment and Extension of Cotswold Cottage Location: Client: Status:
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Kemble, Gloucestershire Private Completed 2012
This contemporary extension is located to the rear of a quintessential ‘Cotswold’ cottage in a small hamlet on the outskirts of Kemble. The brief called for additional space for the client and their four children. Incorporating the footings of a smaller extension on the same site, the new accommodation comprises a family room, WC and new entrance on the ground floor, and two bedrooms and a family bathroom on the first floor. A feature glass and timber staircase sits in a glazed transition space between the new extension and the original cottage.
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The design of the new extension provides a strong counterpoint to the original cottage - a distinctly legible later addition. The extension separates public from private external space, giving a clear sense of arrival and privacy respectively, and provides an unimpeded link from the living area to the private garden.
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Courtfield
Restoration and Refurbishment to a Listed Building Location: Client: Status:
Norton Sun-Hamdon, Somerset Private Phase 1 Completed 2008
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Originally dating from the C16th, this Grade II listed house built from the local Ham stone has been modified and extended over the centuries. The brief from the client was to re organise and upgrade the existing accommodation and carry out repairs to the historic fabric. The first phase of this work involved the relocation of the kitchen from the centre of the house into a
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new extension to connect it with the garden. The scale, massing and materials of the sensitive new addition respect that of the historic house yet are unmistakably contemporary in detail. The house remained occupied during the two stages of work, which also involved the repair of the listed stables and a number of environmental improvements.
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Church Lane
Extension to a Village Cottage Location: Client: Status:
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This semi-detached building was formerly a workers cottage, and had both cramped and outdated accommodation. We helped transform it by adding two single storey extensions to almost double the footprint. These extensions, one to the front and one to the rear, were designed to respect the original cottage. The space to the rear creates a new living room with access out onto an excavated patio area, whilst the front extension houses a new entrance porch, lobby and breakfast room.
Freshford, Wiltshire Private Completed 2010
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Both are constructed using a simple palette of air dried oak, ashlar stone, lead and slate which matches the existing building. As well as the new additions, works to the cottage included repairs and re pointing to the external walls, a new cloakroom, internal dry lining and underfloor heating to the ground floor.
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Kingsbury Croft
Brick and Lead Extension Location: Client: Status:
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Marlborough, Wiltshire Private Completed 2011
The existing house in the heart of Marlborough suffered from poor connections to the rear south facing garden. The simple construction of the new extension comprises a galvanized steel frame and glazing to the garden elevations to maximise views and connections, whilst the external east elevation maintains privacy by continuing the existing boundary wall using handmade red bricks to match. The space is accessed via a new wide structural opening from the refurbished kitchen and also links an existing workshop with the rest of the house. A bay window at first floor level further enhances views out from the house, overlooking the green roof of the new garden room, planted with wild flowers, concealing the rooflight to the space below. The new works are an exercise in exploiting and re inventing the detailing of the materials which already existed on the site - red brick and lead. The success of the design relies on the honest approach to the brief - meeting the functional requirements - and on the materiality and detailing of the new elements.
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Dixcroft Holt
Private House Remodelling and Extension Location: Client: Status:
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Holt, Wiltshire Private Completed 2012
This house was not listed but perhaps in another place would have been. It is an interesting building dating back to the early C18th. The house was at one time used as a small family sized factory for making mattresses. An extension was added in the mid eighteenth century which was in use as a fire station for a while. This family house had a tiny kitchen – standing room only – so our work involved the renovation of the services in the house and the replacement of the rear extension with a new enlarged structure to house the new kitchen and a study. The kitchen can now operate as the centre of family life, with triple width doors that can open fully to link the living space to the garden. These works also enabled some limited organisation of the ground floor to improve the flow of the main living spaces.
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Minimal Intervention Location: Client: Status:
Bath Private Completed 2009
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This is an extremely modest extension to the rear of a Grade II listed Georgian terraced town house in Bath. Designed to provide sheltered access to a new accessible WC on the ground floor for the elderly owner, it uses only four panes of glass and one section of steel to avoid interrupting the view of the garden from the adjacent drawing room.
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The lightness and transparency of the contemporary addition both contrasts and compliments the heavy masonry of the original building. The properties of glass and steel are exploited to create an elegant and restrained architectural response that meets the functional requirements with minimal impact on the existing building.
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Science Formaldehyde Studio
Specialist Art Studio Gallery Location: Client: Status:
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Stroud, Gloucestershire Damien Hirst / Science Ltd. Completed 2012
This building forms part of a campus of specialist art production studio buildings. The formaldehyde studio is the only new building, with the others all being radical refurbishments of a collection of redundant factory buildings. The independent formaldehyde studio building is placed adjacent to the main studio and Gallery. Located at the entrance to the site, it also acts as a gatehouse to provide security for the whole site. The formaldehyde studio requires unique accommodation and dedicated services, including specialist ventilation equipment to filter out the formaldehyde fumes. As well as large-scale freezer storage, specialist lifting equipment has been incorporated for handling large and delicate art works.
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The building is sheathed in white glazed bricks with 4mm mortar joints to create a sculptural monolithic appearance with a fine grained reflective surface texture.
Winner, Best Commercial Building, Brick Awards 2012
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Art Production Studio and Gallery Location: Client: Status:
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Stroud, Gloucestershire Damien Hirst / Science Ltd. Completed 2012
From 2006 to 2012 Designscape has designed and over seen the construction of the largest purpose built art production studio in the world: a 9,000sqm studio and gallery for Damien Hirst. The project reuses an existing steel portal frame structure, originally built for the manufacture of plastics. The brief involved a high level of design, detail and finish, including exceptionally high structural loading requirements and innovative cladding and glazing. The building is split into three bays: reception and gallery, art production, and storage facilities, with each area defined externally through cladding panels of contrasting colours. The artist’s production of large-scale art work requires highly specialised accommodation, including freezer storage and a fire protected art store. The western riverside boundary has become a sculpture garden.
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Hill Farm Dairy
Goat Cheese Dairy Location: Client: Status:
Stawley, Somerset Hill Farm Dairy Completed 2009
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Designscape was commissioned to design a barn and dairy production facility for a new cheese making company. The design aims to reflect both the ethos of the client company and the site: a quality handmade product, using natural materials and low energy solutions, created with respect for its surroundings.
hill, enabling the barn and the milking parlour to sit above the dairy. The cold storage and maturing areas are pushed back into the hillside under the parlour. The result is a low impact design that naturally enhances the cheese making process - the milk can flow by gravity from parlour to dairy, avoiding pumping, and thus preserving the quality of the milk.
Despite their size the buildings do not dominate the hillside site, taking advantage of the natural topography. They step down the Shortlisted, RIBA Awards 2011 Runner-up, Commercial Category, RIBA Town & Country Awards 2010
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Holcombe Mill
Minimal Intervention Location: Client: Status:
Nailsworth, Gloucestershire Spring Mill Holdings Completed 2011
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Holcombe Mill is a Grade 2 listed structure on an industrial estate in the Nailsworth valley, near Stroud. Working in collaboration with the local conservation officer, the Mill has been rescued from near dereliction and converted into flexible serviced office space for one or multiple occupiers. The new architectural interventions including a corten metal entrance canopy, metal staircase and services are designed to be of high quality and sympathetic to the industrial context and origins of the mill building, yet remain clearly legible as modern. Natural ventilation, and high levels of
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natural daylighting combined with the historic features of the original building provide a pleasant working environment for the tenants of the building.
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