What Paragraph 84 really means, why it matters, and how exceptional homes in the countryside can emerge through rigour, landscape sensitivity, and a design process that turns difficulty into architectural opportunity. Jump in for 20 years of experience and an in depth guide to get you to where you want to be.
Read MoreHow do you give a home real mass, the kind that makes you feel safe on an exposed coastal site, built to take on gale-force winds with indifference, and then just make it appear to float effortlessly? The answer is in the details. Castle High follows the idea through structure and junctions. Tectonics carries the meaning of this carefully crafted home on the edge of Wales. A magical place of wildness where the impossible begins to feel normal. Jump in to find out more.
Read MoreKristian Hyde returned to the Welsh School of Architecture as a final reviewer for Shibu Raman’s Liveable Urbanism studio. The students spent the year studying Somnath, Gujarat, on the west coast of India, asking how a temple town on a fragile coast might become more liveable. For our studio, teaching remains closely connected to practice. It sharpens how we listen, how we grow as architects, and how we turn research into a meaningful architectural response.
Read MoreWe’ve been working with our client to create an off-grid home beside a vast loch on Scotland’s remote west coast. This is a place of wildness, folded between land and water. Black Swan House is shaped by memory and restraint, offering stillness through architecture attuned to its surroundings.
Read MoreOur Thinking Cube is a forest retreat designed for a polymath, maverick and maker. Suspended above wild ferns, it dissolves boundaries between comfort and nature, inviting immersive reflection and deep connection. A sanctuary for living deliberately and discovering new possibilities.
Read MoreCan a building feel as alive as music sounds? … Resonance House in Esher explores this connection, designed for a lifelong music producer where harmony, rhythm, and proportion become tangible. Join us for an inside look into how we craft meaningful spaces that touch the soul.
Read MoreWe are thrilled to announce that Edge House has been highly commended at the prestigious Structural Timber Awards this week. This accolade highlights our studio’s commitment to environmentally sustainable architecture, using timber as a structural solution for single residential housing in designs that celebrate the poetics of construction and embrace low-carbon solutions.
Read MoreInspired by a belief in architecture’s power to transform lives, Director Kristian Hyde was recently interviewed on camera at the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW) for Design Week. The discussion explored the studio’s commitment to crafting transformative, low-carbon spaces that seamlessly integrate with their environments and elevate the human experience.
Read MoreA reflection on our studio visit to Le Corbusier’s Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette, exploring how this iconic structure challenges perceptions of space, offering a profound experience of self-discovery and existential reflection that deepens our understanding of ourselves.
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