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Why Choose Us?

We work with clients who want to combine exceptional architectural design with a strong environmental agenda.

Over the past decade, we have developed three distinct areas of expertise:

  • Retrofit at Home - Bespoke Residential Architecture - We create exceptional homes that tell a story. Our projects range from ‘deep retrofit’ and large extensions to more light-touch sensitive renovations, always using forms and materials that are sympathetic to the historic fabric. On each house we work on we aim to be transformative. Projects >>

  • Retrofit at Work - We carry out complex retrofits for a number of London Estates, colleges, universities, schools, and businesses that act as long-term custodians of historic buildings and landscapes.  We specialise in listed building consents, navigating the complexities of heritage conservation, restoration, and adaptive reuse. Projects >>

  • New Building Lifecycles - Where new build is necessary, we aim to work with materials and processes that acknowledge the interconnected relationship between the building life cycle and the foundational earth systems that underpin everything we do. Projects >>

These three strands of work are connected by our whole life approach to environmental sustainability.

We aspire to a whole life approach to environmental sustainability, considering both embodied carbon and operational energy, as well as addressing material systems, and the complex processes of assembly in relation to the potential for disassembly and reuse.

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Expertise

We are specialists in contemporary architectural design for sites of historic and environmental significance, including:

  • Grade I, II, and II* listed buildings

  • Projects in AONBs, Green Belt, and Conservation Areas

  • Challenging planning applications, including NPPF Paragraph 84e (formerly Para 79) houses

  • Planning approvals under ‘very special circumstances’ for Green Belt development

  • Innovative, low-carbon, and circular construction

Our architectural studio also offers in-house interior design, allowing us to deliver a cohesive vision from concept to completion.

 

Innovation

We collaborate on pioneering architectural projects that explore the relationship between the built environment and natural ecosystems. Our research-led approach focuses on sustainable design, material innovation, and whole-life carbon reduction.  Through choosing what we build with and how these materials are put together we aim to deliver rich, sensory environments.

Our initiative, CSK RECLAIM, expands this focus, actively sourcing and integrating reclaimed materials into our projects, aligning with circular economy construction principles.

 

Where We Work

Our studio is based in Eton, Berkshire, with a residential satellite office in Bradford on Avon. We work extensively across London, the Home Counties, and the Cotswolds.

 

Sustainability

Since relaunching in 2016, we have placed environmental sustainability at the heart of our practice. Our groundbreaking Cork House, shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2019, was a radical rethink of the modern building envelope.  Building on Cork House, the practice now works with many clients to embed ecological stewardship into their projects, addressing:

  • Biodiversity & regenerative landscapes

  • On-site renewable energy & net-zero carbon strategies

  • Low-carbon, circular, and carbon-negative construction

 

Awards & Recognition

Our work has been recognised at the highest level for design excellence and sustainability, including:

  • RIBA Stirling Prize 2019 (Shortlisted)

  • RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize 2019

  • RIBA National Award 2019

  • AJ House of the Year (Manser Medal) 2019

  • RIBA South Award for Sustainability 2019

  • The Wood Awards Gold Award 2019

  • AIA Architecture + Sustainable Future Award

  • RIBA President’s Awards for Research 2019

 
 

Our Team

We are a close-knit team of 12 architects, ensuring Director involvement throughout every project.

Collaboration is central to our work.  We celebrate craftsmanship, working with independent artists, makers, and material innovators to create truly unique architectural spaces.