Consideration of sustainability is now vital in the role of the modern architect.

We believe it should be looked upon in a holistic sense, considering how our buildings and lifestyles affect our social, cultural, environmental and economic living conditions.

When applied directly to a building, this can be through:

• Designing energy efficient buildings with correct orientation to the sun
• Use of renewable technologies and micro generation such as biomass / ground source heat pumps
• Introducing sufficient thermal mass to buildings to act as a thermal store so reducing heating requirement
• Ensure a balance of glass to solid walls for heat loss /gain
• Low maintenance, locally sourced materials that are both sustainable and durable

On a wider scale, we are also interested in creating sustainable communities with a high quality streetscape, well defined amenity space and facilities with local cultural ideals at their heart to ensure the areas are safe desirable places to live.