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Polaroid-style Week 26 anniversary graphic showing the illuminated stone and timber-framed elevations of Ford Abbey reflected in its moat at twilight. The graphic includes the RRA Architects logo, a 40-years emblem and the words “a most uneventful midnight, #RRAat40, #Week26”.

Week 26: Ford Abbey and the Midnight That Changed Nothing

September 3, 2026 / By rachel

On the final evening of 1999, Ford Abbey had become part construction site and part contingency bunker, prepared for the moment when the clocks reached midnight and, according to some of the more alarming predictions, computer systems around the world might simply stop working. At the client’s request, every current drawing was printed, electronic files […]

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Polaroid-style RRA Architects 40 Projects in 40 Weeks graphic for Week 22, showing The Old Shop in Skenfrith at dusk after its restoration and extension, with warm light glowing from the windows of the stone cottage in the historic Monmouthshire village.

Week 22: Renovating a Derelict Cottage to Be Near Friends

August 5, 2026 / By rachel

When our client decided to swap London for a country home, friendship gave her a very good reason to Skenfrith. The Old Shop had already caught her imagination, despite being virtually derelict and requiring considerably more work than a straightforward move might normally involve. She could see beyond its dilapidated condition and had fallen in […]

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