Following on from our blog about building new homes in the countryside through Paragraph 79 , we’ve seen this plot in Cawthorne, Barnsley come up for sale by auction with Mark Jenkinson Property Specialists. The site contains a derelict 17th Century stone cottage that is considered to be “abandoned” in planning terms (it certainly looks it…
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Here at Thread we often work with community groups who are aiming to develop facilities for their local area. Getting a community led project off the ground can feel like a daunting task and will take a lot of enthusiasm, time, energy and support from a large pool of people but often we’ve found that…
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As well as working on our projects at Thread Architects, Rachel, Anya and Andy all explore and broaden their architectural knowledge, skills and expertise through their other roles and interests. We will be looking at some of these roles and experiences in our blog over the next few weeks. This first blog by Andy explains…
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We are excited to announce that Thread has set up a new Birmingham based office! Our Director, Rachel, has recently relocated to the Solihull area and will be extending Thread’s geographic reach into this new region. Rachel will continue to be involved with projects based at the main office in Sheffield and we will continue…
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Really happy to receive these photos from our Client of progress on site with their new home. Two of the three first floor bedroom gables are nearly complete and the folding rendered wall below that will create internal and external spaces to sit and enjoy the views out from the site is well on its…
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If you have been following our Instagram account, you will have seen a lot of photos of the development of the “vertical library” in a full house refurbishment that has been on site this year in Sheffield. Following a visit this morning the whole house is almost complete Once everything is done we’ll hopefully get…
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Nice start to the week with news of our recent planning success for the extension of MEPS International on Glossop Road appearing on the Sheffield Star website. Hopefully it will also be included in the Sheffield Star and Sheffield Telegraph papers last this week. Click here to go to the page on the Sheffield Star…
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We, and some friends, spent a very enjoyable weekend at Tibshelf with our clients, Steve and Rashida starting work laying the first straw wall for their new house. Steve and Rashida had already prepared the plinth walls and Geocell Foam Glass sub slab (a material that is leftover from making glass and that acts as…
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We are really excited to announce that our design for an office extension to MEPs International, Sheffield has been granted full planning permission by the Sheffield City Council Planning Committee. The prominent site is at the junction of Upper Hanover Street and Glossop Road. The committee members commented that they were looking forward to seeing…
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Great news for the end of the week with this design for a new house being approved by our client to be prepared for a full planning application. Designed to be built in a conservation area the house opens up to the rear garden through the living area and a sunken garden room adjacent to…
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