2019 | CLTH

If there’s one thing we’ve learned makes better buildings, it’s empathy. Architecture never happens in isolation—and simply by being interested and engaged, we’ve found it’s possible to open up the conversations that connect a scheme to its clients and community.

We believe that the more constraints there are, the better the architecture. If there aren’t any constraints, we create them. Challenging sites, existing buildings and complex briefs almost always present incredible opportunities for great design.

To limit our environmental impact, we start with what is already there. By manipulating the form and fabric of a building—whether new or existing—we can work with the existing conditions of topography, light and orientation, and harness the natural energy sources offered by air, ground and water.

If a site’s constraints guide the bigger design decisions, then it’s empathy that informs the smaller, social details. These details frame the human narratives that aren’t included in the brief, anticipating specific moments in the users’ lives.

Good architecture is as much about what happens on the building site as it is about what’s on the drawing board. By working alongside contractors as well as clients we can ring-fence the ideas and details that matter, championing quality and sustainability throughout construction.

2019

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09.11.19, Architecture Today

Revitalising the Rye by Architecture Today

30.10.19, Cold Room Talk

Details by Wayne Head and Gabriella Watkins

16.10.19, Architects' Journal

Curl La Tourelle Head wins go-ahead for Derbyshire special school by Richard Waite

17.09.19, Architects' Journal

L&Q reveals architects on £50m housing framework by Merlin Fulcher

12.09.19, Architects' Journal

Introducing RetroFirst: a new AJ campaign championing reuse in the built environment by Will Hurst

15.07.19, Cold Room Talk

Eurban Solid Timber Construction by Sarah Newine Moore

NLA Awards 2019

Whitehall Museum, Conservation & Retrofit, Shortlisted

11.04.19, Cold Room Talk

From the Stage to the City by Will Henley

RIBA Awards 2019

Whitehall Museum, London Region, Shortlisted

14.03.19, Cold Room Talk

Three Projects by Oliver Bulleid

14.02.19, Design South East

School design in the current funding context by Wayne Head

30.01.19, CABE Design Council

CABE Open Design Session: Resilient Cities & Infrastructure

NLA Awards 2019

Revitalise Peckham Rye, Culture, Commended

19.06.17, Green Matters

London Plans To Launch Fully Sustainable Tidal-Powered School by Brian Spaen