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Project Category: <span>Commercial, Industrial & Agricultural</span>

Dunkertons Cider

October 17, 2018 / By admin

Dowdeswell Park – The Vision: In Spring 2016 Julian Dunkerton purchased a 210 acre site, beside the picturesque Dowdeswell Reservoir, previously known as ‘The Barlands’. RRA Architects has been commissioned to design a scheme to develop the area into a destination spot combining outdoor activities for visitors of all ages with the opportunity to connect […]

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Porters Restaurant

June 6, 2018 / By admin

The first response was to use contemporary detailing to create a palette of quality and accents of detail. Our client asked us to design a quirky restaurant with elements of humour; the stag’s horn pendant lights and glitter ball in the ladies’ washroom certainly does that. RRA nested an array of banquette seats into the [...]
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Canwood Farm Gallery, Hereford

May 24, 2018 / By admin

The design approach for Canwood Farm Gallery Hereford, focused on creating a restrained architectural backdrop that allows the artwork to take centre stage. Working within the constraints of the existing buildings, the spaces were carefully adapted to achieve a clean and minimal aesthetic while retaining their original character. An existing steel portal frame building was […]

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Bill’s Cafe, Hereford

May 24, 2018 / By admin

The design was about striping back the years of remodeling that did not sit well with the original structure, to reveal the core shell of the building. This was then refurbished with a brand identity redeveloped for Bill’s all the way down to the furniture designed and specified under a full fit-out contract, with suitable [...]
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Duke’s Barn

May 24, 2018 / By admin

Wales continues to promote this project through CADW, as a fine example of good conservation design, as an exemplar welsh project of note.
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Bishops Cleeve – Community Project

May 24, 2018 / By admin

The design maximises a site that consisted of a Listed threshing barn that had fallen into dereliction. As a result of this heritage the design makes use of the structural bays of the timber-frame, together with evoking the scale and mass of the original building. The building, clad in Western Red Cedar, uses natural materials. [...]
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Interior view of Saxtys in Hereford after RRA Architects’ hospitality refurbishment, showing the long bar, timber flooring, seating, lighting and red champagne bubble ceiling artwork running through the restaurant and wine bar.

Saxtys Night Club and Wine Bar

May 24, 2018 / By admin

Hospitality refurbishment in a listed building Saxtys is a long-established venue in Hereford, originally opened in 1977. RRA Architects was appointed to lead a major refurbishment and rebrand, transforming the building from a traditional nightclub into a more flexible hospitality venue, combining bar, nightclub, champagne bar and event space within one listed building. This Hereford […]

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Alton Road Industrial Estate

May 24, 2018 / By admin

The master-plan provides for a mixed-use development of industrial, commercial and retail usage on the site to provide for a broad range of viable commercial gain and employment; the site includes a mix of commercial office units from 1,000 to 25,000 sq. ft, retail units from 3,000 to 6,000 sq. ft and industrial units from [...]
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Gwynne Warehouse

May 24, 2018 / By admin

RRA developed this project to combine all the demands of a contemporary exhibition space, whilst allowing for the fact that, the building was grade 2 listed and flooded at least twice a year. The structure was in a partially derelict state and required extensive timber repair work and rebuild. The design strategy ensured the use [...]
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The Buttermarket – RIBA Competition Award

May 24, 2018 / By admin

RRA's Buttermarket entry was designed to establish an over-arching brand identity which would work with existing market-traders, and purveyors of local Herefordshire food heritage, to manage, promote and incubate new visitors and foot fall within this historic Victorian food hall. RRA, in collaboration with the UK’s leading independant markets agent Quarterbridge, developed an exciting proposal [...]
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