Some projects have unusual beginnings and this one started with RRA’s Mark Powles telling a young developer that he didn’t need an architect for his project. Unusual sales technique, granted. For Week 17 of our 40 Projects in 40 Weeks series, we are revisiting Vespers, a contemporary Cheltenham SIPs house from 2019. It is […]
Some projects are ahead of their time. This one was so far ahead of its time that part of the job involved explaining what the construction method actually was. For Week 16 of our 40 Projects in 40 Weeks series, we are revisiting what is believed to be the first SIPs house in the UK, […]
Our clients were looking for a new property and asked RRA Architects to view potential houses with them. They had a clear idea of what they wanted, but nothing was quite right. The search was proving fruitless. Then, over a cup of tea at the clients’ kitchen table, RRA’s Mark Powles asked the obvious […]
Some projects start with a brief, this one started with a memory. For Week 12 of our 40 Projects in 40 Weeks series, we are heading to Edw Cottage, a small cottage in Aberedw, Wales, on the banks of the River Edw. It has stone walls, a beautiful valley setting, plenty of wildlife and, allegedly, […]
As part of our 40 projects for 40 years series, this week’s project looks at one of the more complex parts of architecture… the parts most people never see. This is Week 9 of our 40 projects celebrating 40 years of RRA Architects. At first glance, converting a large listed building into apartments can sound […]
As we mentioned at the start of our 40 projects for 40 years series, not every story is straightforward. Some come with a few twists along the way… and Hillcot Barn is one of them. This is a project that many people will feel they already know … … or at least think they do. […]
As part of our 40 projects for 40 years series, this is a project that began not with a design, but with a decision. This is Week 4 of our 40 projects celebrating 40 years of RRA Architects. This project began with a conversation and a question: is this the right house for us? Our clients […]
