Nexus House

Nexus House is a home built for two scientists and their young family, centred around thought, study, and the daily discipline of research. Set within the Oxfordshire Green Belt and overlooking the Ridgeway, it is one of our most recent projects to achieve planning in a sensitive location.

The project stays low and settles into the contours. The plan is organised as a clear sequence that centres on books and deep work, with structural timber bringing warmth, craft, and reduced embodied impact. A cantilever opens the living spaces to long countryside vistas. At its centre is a free standing library for 10,000 books, inspired by the Bodleian Library, and surrounded by a secluded courtyard and secret garden.

The project creates an enclave for our clients to live and work, research and learn, as they contribute to cutting edge research in AI and molecular science