Look out for our new feature, ‘Meet The Team Monday,’ going out on our social media channels every Monday. Each week will spotlight a member of the RRA team; a little bit about them, what makes them tick and why they joined RRA. We have launched today with an interview with our Managing Director, Mark […]
Our #ThrowAndGrow competition details 🐝 This competition is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, Lucy Rathbone Thank you to everyone who posted or emailed images for our Throw & Grow competition, we loved seeing all the great shots of bees and butterflies. Even after some considerable deliberation we still had a not very short, shortlist. […]
In the heart of Cheltenham, what was once a beautiful Regency Villa, had been unsympathetically altered for use as a care home over many decades. The unloved property was purchased by our client last year and RRA was given the brief to restore the building to its former glory whilst also bringing it into the […]
We are delighted to welcome Ryan Birch to our team. Ryan has joined on placement from his studies at the University of Bath and is looking forward to building on the small amount of experience he has gained in practice so far. He joins our Gloucester office, where he will be working on a number […]
Hatching New Trends; How Covid-19 has influenced architectural trends. In an attempt to look forward we are going to put our architectural ‘necks on the line’ and commit our predictions for 2021, and beyond, to paper (or more specifically to screen). Most of the predictions we are stating seem destined to have happened anyway, but […]
Go back a century, or so, and glass was reserved just for windows to let light into a home – along with draughts and, on very cold days, even a layer of ice on the inside. A revolution began with double glazing. Invented in the USA in the 1930s, this only become widely available in […]
Last month saw work begin on remodelling this large detached home in Gloucestershire with contractors am/pm247. Whilst already a lovely family home, RRA was appointed to reconfigure the layout for better circulation through the house, increase the energy efficiency and improve the aesthetics of the elevations. A feature staircase of steel, timber and glass will […]
We were very pleased to welcome Chartered Architect, Natalie Stangoe to our team at the beginning of March. Natalie graduated with her Masters from Oxford Brookes in 2015 and went on to complete her studies at the University of Bath, becoming a fully qualified architect in 2018. Natalie has a wealth of experience working on […]
Our exciting conversion project in the heart of Cirencester is making great progress on site, in spite of the weather trying to hold us back! The site, formally a derelict pub known as the Waggon and Horses, is being converted into 5 characterful homes all surrounding a beautiful courtyard. As a traditional style Inn the […]
Starting onsite in February was our Cheltenham project featuring the addition of two contemporary side extensions to a large Victorian vicarage. One side extension will house a family gym, whilst the other will contain the new kitchen and dining area. From the kitchen large glazed doors open for a corner-less detail and uninterrupted access to […]