We are pleased to present the now complete Highgate Junior School, which has just opened to pupils in time for the new school year. Back in 2012, we were appointed architects after winning a design competition held by the school. Celebrating over 450 years of the institution’s integrity into the new scheme formed ...
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Outline Planning Permission has been granted for Architype's Extra Care residential scheme in rural Herefordshire, following submission of a highly sustainable Passivhaus design to provide up to 80 high-end apartments in Whitestone. Commissioned by local independent developer, Collins Design and Build, the ...
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St. Loyes Extra Care Scheme, a new £9.8 million development for Exeter City Council has recently won planning permission, following an innovative and socially inclusive proposal from Architype and Project Managers, Arcadis. The 53 unit, 1 and 2 bedroom, mixed-tenure scheme, has been designed to allow older ...
Situated in rural Herefordshire, The Fishley House is one of Architype’s first private Passivhaus residential commissions to be realised on site. The new house, nestled at the bottom of a well-loved garden in picturesque Colwall, is situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), with stunning views to ...
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A community self-build group, the Rural Urban Synthesis Society (RUSS), which aims to provide homes for those priced out of the housing market, has been approved to deliver up to 33 self-build units on an old school site in Lewisham, after being named the preferred bidder by Lewisham Council. The Lewisham-based ...
The Enterprise Centre at the University of East Anglia is open for business following the completion of work on the highly innovative building, setting a new benchmark for sustainability. The building forms a new gateway to the University and has achieved record-breaking sustainability credentials as one of the ...
Read Article / By Jessica Taylor / Design Innovation, Passivhaus, Practice News, Project News