Project Category: <span>Leisure & Retail</span>

RRA Architects > Leisure & Retail

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 [...]

Private Swimming Pool

May 24, 2018 / By admin

The new building attaches to the house via a lightweight glazed link. The finished tones are hot and warm, so that even on a dull winters day the pool is warm and inviting. The building, clad in local stone, is of the local landscape, which is drawn inside via large picture windows to maximise views [...]

Ford Abbey – Boutique Hotel

May 24, 2018 / By admin

The basic fundamental design approach has been the careful conservation repair of important heritage and the combination of all the service and fit-out demands of a 5 star hotel. We developed with the client body a hotel format and room strategy that allowed development of the brand and negotiation within existing structure. Wherever possible, the [...]

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 [...]

All Saints’ Church

May 24, 2018 / By admin

When a Dangerous Structures Notice threatened to close the 13th-century All Saints Church in Hereford, Herefordshire, RRA Architects stepped in with a bold, conservation-led solution to secure the building’s future. This Grade II* listed medieval church was suffering severe fabric decay, and its small congregation could not afford the immense repair costs. Working closely with […]