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  • Good morning Sheffield, looking good in the sunshine :) #architects #architecture #sheffield #sunshine #skyline
  • The last image for #SelfBuildWeek is this new home in Sheffield, tucked away in a wooded valley. We've shown this image a lot lately but we like it :) Working closely with the local planning authority we were able to gain support for our design which led to a successful planning approval last month on this tricky site. We are now working with the Client looking how to progress the design on to site last in the year. The house is broken into three elements – a timber entrance, a brick series of living spaces and a two storey stone sleeping wing. We are really looking forward to seeing the final house built #architects #architecture #newhouse #sheffield #southyorkshire #solihull #westmidlands #selfbuild #design
  • Photo 6 for #SelfBuildWeek is an internal shot of a side extension in Sheffield. Self-builds come in all shapes and sizes and all bring different challenges. On smaller projects being clever and efficient with space has to be one goal. Here we used the fall across the site to allow the Play Room space to drop down from the Dining Room to make the most of the vertical space available. Between the two spaces a Utility cupboard housing the washing machine, dryer and storage is hidden in plain site deep in the building plan where it would have been tricky to light a living space #Sheffield #extension #selfbuild #architects #architecture #Solihull #westmidlands #spaceplanning #design
  • Photo 5 for #SelfBuildWeek is of part of the vertical library stair in a full house refurbishment and reimagination. With all our projects we try to make sure the design is personal to and responds to the Client. With any self-build the design should be personal and tie in with who you are and how you want to live in your new home. This can only come from time spent building a brief with your architect and taking time over the design in partnership. This family had collected artefacts, artwork and memorabilia through their lives and this four storey stair become a celebration of this story that they could enjoy every day. #architects # architecture #selfbuild #interiordesign #stair #library #design #sheffield #southyorkshire #solihull #westmidlands
  • Picture 4 for #SelfBuildWeek is of this completed extension to a 1930s house in Sheffield – a self-build project by Thread Director, Rachel. The extension is a modern and contemporary addition that celebrates the combination of old and new. The design was also a research project to find a suitable build method that could be built mostly by hand and would make the most of the thin site. This led to a SIP panel constructed build that created a new entrance and living spaces, made the most of the existing rooms that opened into it and made fantastic connections to the newly designed rear garden. Self-built on a budget the new extension brought a tired house back to life #architects #architecture #extension #selfbuild #sips #timberframe #timbercladding #garden #sheffield #southyorkshire #solihull #westmidlands #design
  • Picture 3 for #SelfBuildWeek. When working with Clients on projects that are looking to refurbish, extend or create their home it is really important to ensure that everyone can visualise the ideas. Plans and picture are great but models really help get the ideas of space, form and light across for us and the Client. This model is for a new house in South Yorkshire, currently on the drawing board with construction drawings being prepared. #Architects #Architecture #Architecturalmodels #design #craft #space #light #form #new home #selfbuild #sheffield #southyorkshire #solihull #westmidlands #eastmidlands
  • Our second picture for #SelfBuildWeek is of this creative re-use of a former joinery shop in Sheffield to create a affordable home. This was a self-build project by Thread Director, Anya, and shows how bringing new life to redundant buildings can help produce amazing new spaces with history and richness that new build homes can lack. It can also be a more affordable and sustainable way of making a new home. This home went on to win Best Residential Project and Best Conservation Project in the Sheffield Design Awards 2016 #selfbuild #Sheffield #reuse #architecture #architects #southyorkshire #newhome #westmidlands #Solihull
  • Today is the first day of #SelfBuildWeek and so we are marking the week with some pictures from some of our favourite self-build projects. And you couldn’t get much more self-build than this first photo from last year as our client lays the first straw bale in their new straw bale home. Everything you can see they had had a hand in including riding in the combine harvester that cut the straw for the bales grown in nearby Matlock. #selfbuild #strawbalehouse #architect #architecture #derbyshire #eastmidlands #sustainable #environmental #timberframe #geocell #westmidlands #Solihull

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