Journal

Bext Extension | Homebuilding and Renovating Awards

We are delighted that Little Lutterburn has been announced as Best Extension in the The Daily Telegraph Homebuilding & Renovating Awards 2020!

Passivhaus | Devon

As well as being a chartered architect, Tim Offer is also a certified Passivhaus designer. 

Passivhaus, or passive house, is a simple concept designed to minimise energy use while providing a really comfortable indoor environment.  It does this by using objective modelling and energy related targets.  It is a flexible approach that does not prescribe how to meet the baseline targets, allowing creativity and a variety of solutions.  It is dependent on careful detailing and rigourous attention to getting things right on site.

Dartmouth | Work in Progress

Tim Offer Architects have recently started work on a new project in Dartmouth, South Hams.  We are developing designs to make an existing coastal home better for entertaining and family life.

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Passivhaus | Devon Architects

Tim Offer Architects always look to make our designs as energy efficient as possible, and we talk a lot with clients about measures they can take to improve their homes.  We often talk about a ‘fabric first’ approach to design, based on Passivhaus principles.

We have now signed up for further training to qualify as acredited Passivhaus Designers with the Passivhaus institute.  This will give added authority to our advice and expertise.

We are really looking forward to developing our knowledge and working closely with our clients to develop beautiful and energy efficient homes.

Newton Ferrers | Work in Progress

Tim Offer Architects have recently started work on a new project in Newton Ferrers, South Hams.  We are developing designs to make an existing coastal home better for entertaining and family life.

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Home Improvements | A place for a table

As architects in Devon, we are often involved in projects to extend or improve peoples’ homes. A common question that often comes out in the briefing process for projects on peoples’ homes is, ‘how can we create better space to come together as a family or to entertain?’ Sometimes this requires a bit of extra space, but often the process reveals that you can achieve a lot by making some simple changes. These can bring this family and entertaining space into the centre of the home, and allow better connections and relationships as a result.

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Architecture Home School | Animal Architecture

This week is a slightly longer project from the RIBA learning team for you to work on over the coming weeks.

This is a project about animal houses.  Eventually you will be working as an architect to design an animal home.  This will use some of the skills that we looked at in weeks 1 and 2 – Architect Friends (which looked at scale) and A Place of My Own (which looked at site and place).

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Architecture Home School | Cereal Box City

This week we are borrowing a project designed by Katie Kennedy for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) education team.

In this fun model making activity you’ll explore architecture, landscapes and cities to learn how to design and make a 3D model of a city that fits inside a cereal box!

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Architecture Home School | A Place of My Own

Many of us around the UK are getting used to having the kids around a little more, and are beginning to understand how amazing our schools and teachers are to keep our kids occupied and learning everyday.

To help you survive this time I will be posting a series of architecture related activities to get your kids thinking about the world around them. These are projects I will be doing with my kids over the coming weeks. I intend that anyone could do these projects – no special skills are required. Hopefully you may learn something on the journey too!

This week’s tasks are inspired by ‘A Place of My Own’, by Michael Pollan.  This tells the story of his journey to create a small wooden hut in the forest near his home.  A ‘shelter for daydreams’, this cabin was to be a new space for Pollan to ‘read and write and daydream’.

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