Project Category: <span>Residential-Private Housing</span>
RRA Architects > Residential-Private Housing
St James Road, Hampton Hill
The ground floor extension houses a spacious kitchen and breakfast room with a large glazed area leading onto the garden and allowing natural light to flood the room. Upstairs the space has been reconfigured to add a large bathroom, shower room and double aspect upper sitting area. Silicon bonded, fully glazed corner windows overlook the […]
Duke’s Barn
Wales continues to promote this project through CADW, as a fine example of good conservation design, as an exemplar welsh project of note.
Private Swimming Pool
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 [...]
Carters Cottage
RRA achieved a successful planning permission for a replacement dwelling. The new proposal is a contemporary timber framed building that replaces a dilapidated bungalow. The building spans three floors, taking full advantage of views over glorious Worcestershire countryside. RRA justified an increased scale and mass due to design’s integration within the landscape and visual presentation. […]
Edw Cottage
The previously painted original stone construction was exposed and re-pointed with a lime-based mortar, with a newly introduced stripped-down pallet of materials to suit; with new oak timber windows, stonework, slate tiles and exposed oak frame, the only exception being the larger expanses of aluminium framed glazed units, all selected to keep ongoing maintenance to [...]
Charlton Park Gate
RRA was commissioned to revisit this 1970’s mansion, set within one of Cheltenham’s premiere addresses. The project involved working with our client to open up the space, bringing light into the interior, and to upgrade fittings and finishes throughout including an illuminated stainless-steel and glass helical staircase, a new double-height hallway, an elevated terrace to [...]
Grand Designs – Hillcot Barn
The design celebrates stone structure, shelter and daylight, using the high vantage point to great effect. RRA’s conservation skills were used to great effect, to facilitate stone repair, using Cintec Anchors to shore up cracked walls and of lime repointing within the historic structure. To meet the client’s budget constraint off site manufacture was adopted, [...]
The Firs
With spectacular views of the Malvern Hills, the RRA scheme design maximises scenery to best effect, the design embraces corner glazing and dramatic picture window details to frame the stunning views. All openings puncture a soft white rendered facade, as an essay in solid and void. The plan layout places internal circulation and vertical movement [...]