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We know how to devise schemes appropriate for conservation areas, where scrupulous care is required in responding to historic surroundings. We also know how to negotiate the progress of complex projects through the planning system and our projects have always achieved planning approval or listed building consent at the first time of asking.
List of primary projects
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Norham Gardens, St Edmund Hall
Future-focused Passivhaus student accommodation for one of Oxford’s oldest colleges, combining contemporary timber construction with a low-carbon retrofit of a Victorian villa
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Spencer Building, Corpus Christi College Oxford
An exemplar of sustainability, the Passivhaus library expands study space, improves accessibility and safeguards a world-class collection with minimal energy use
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Lambeth Palace Masterplan
A transformative masterplan enhancing accessibility and sustainability at Lambeth Palace, including a new Energy Centre in line with Church of England’s net zero 2030 goal
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Magdalen College Library
An Oxford college Quad is transformed, by retrofitting a new library within the historic building fabric and out into the garden, providing a significant expansion of workspaces for future generations.
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St John’s College Library and Study Centre
A series of projects at the historic heart of St John’s College in Oxford provides a library, study centre and academic spaces situated between historic quadrangles and landscaped gardens
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Taylor Library, Corpus Christi College Cambridge
A retrofit solution for this library transforms a constrained historic site into a thoughtfully designed hub of student life at one of Cambridge’s oldest colleges
