Another week on...

Piled

Starting to see the wood from trees

Anderida House - now ladder free access

First room plastered!

Photovoltaic panels are in...getting closer to moving in.

Works starts on our modern zinc clad, linked twin barn design for a new dwelling in Smarden

Monday to Friday

Screed inspection passed

First of 33 windows and doors. Really impressed with the quality and service, thanks to our supplier @toucan_glass in Ashford.

Site views

Render by @watdesignstudio

Renders by @watdesignstudio

Beautiful renders from @watdesignstudio

It's been hot in site this week!

Another week over

Another weeks progress at Anderida House and Hoyle House.

A sunny day for the start of extension roof works in Smarden.

Day 1 of flooring

Cranked steels landing for a small local project

Brick detailing complete, ready for floor. Ply lining almost finished.

First floor steelwork complete

Testing out a Christmas present to get some aerial views of progress

Conservation Area - Extend and Refub - Wagoners

Another week, drainage in, awaiting B&B floor.

Progress

Another A-rated design! I'm not sure the neighbours or planners would like us achieving the full potential with a wind turbine, though. Maybe next time?...

Mud, glorious mud! And some onlookers from above.

A trip down memory lane today, finally visiting a competed Kisharon Day School...only a few years on from completion! Great to see the positive difference it is making to the pupils lives.

New boots + Spitfires + Rain + Barrow Rides + 20t Type 1 + Screw Piles = Living the self build... post planning. Join the party #inspiredSPACEArchitects

Archaeology done. Static home arrived. Next, services and foundations.

Archaeology on site today - surprisingly, we had no Roman finds and no dinosaurs... Milestone reached though. On to the next....

Today's site finds by archaeological detectorists... Victorian and later... no chest of gold!

Hands On

The starting point

More good news this week, Silver Award for Smarden Community Store, a project I designed back in 2018. I'm a little biased as the Chairman, but I think it's the best village store and post office you could dream of! I'm really proud of the whole team running the store and all the volunteers that make it so great.

Planning Granted! Councillor comment at Planning Committee... I cannot look at this development and say that it's not a sustainable development, I mean it's got every single design improvement, and landscaping, and bat boxes.....

Permission granted for a substantial replacement dwelling.

Sneak peak at site progress, pleased to report the neighbours were very complimentary of the builders. I too was impressed, the continuation of the brick plinth with exposed brick ends at courses 2 and 4 looked great. Subtle details.

Sometimes an extension isn't necessary... ...instead just a little reworking of existing space will suffice

Planning Granted for a contemporary and highly sustainable, self-build dwelling with associated landscaping outside the village confines.

Planning Granted for a contemporary and highly sustainable, self-build dwelling with associated landscaping outside the village confines.

Break out sketches

A day sketching

Local steel and timber-clad agricultural buildings provided the inspiration for this highly- sustainable, rural self-build dwelling on the edge of the village. Two single-storey blocks are wrapped in AnthraZinc and punctured with vertical timber cladding and glass. The glass and timber entrance between, links the public and private halves of the dwelling. The proposal, nestled between a Grade II listed building and a light-industrial unit, is set back from the street following the receding building line and ensuring subservience to its listed neighbour.

B&W Teaser - credit CGInspired for rendering

...making progress...experimenting with facade

New rural dwellings

Concept development - countryside dwelling

Proud to have delivered the building control package and detail design for this superb development by Tolman Homes. Photos look great!

Forward Extension

Old meets new: matching form & material for modern living.

Spotted this familiar project on my travels to a new job... looking amazing and will have fantastic views of the sea.

Residential Extension in a Conservation Area

New build complete

Co-Working Space Concept Perspectives

Experimenting with Mezzanine

New projects, testing concepts

Working by hand

Material - Batemans National Trust

Iteration

New project - Forward extension to a chalet bungalow

Re-imagining the garage

We've come a long way, tendering soon

Work progressing well in Epsom

New dwelling concept development

New Project: Redesign an existing 3 bed permission (by others) to create a spacious 4 bed dwelling using the same footprint area, eaves & ridge height.

Have a great festive period, from all at inspiredSPACE architects

new projects, concept development

Exploring entrance volume and light

We Are Hiring!

Planning granted for our floating college building. The planning authority loved the ambition and quality of design which responded sympathetically to the neighbouring residential buildings.

Concept Designs - Existing & Proposed

It's taken a little time, but deck and hidden hot tub complete

Making progress

21 months on and still going strong

Final steps before planning

New office, new milestones