The Blackdown Hills Assisted Living scheme is built around a highly reputable, family-owned care home and dementia care establishment near the Blackdown Hills in Surrey. Our client wanted to explore options for adding new assisted living retirement accommodation to their well established care home. Therefore we carried out a feasibility study for placing the assisted … Continued
Parkgate Hotel was a real opportunity to do the things that matter to us. Rescuing unloved and empty buildings. Working with enthusiastic and committed clients. Contributing to our cities with high quality design. We were delighted then when Rightacres asked us in 2017 to design a new 4* hotel in Cardiff city centre. They wanted … Continued
Cardigan – A Rich History Cardigan Memorial Hospital in Ceredigion proposes the demolition of existing hospital buildings, but retention of the remaining parts of the Nash-designed Priory House- an unlisted heritage asset dating from 1792. We originally proposed 34 new one-bed dwellings for older people to take the place of the demolished buildings, alongside a … Continued
Background The remote village of Llangynidr lies about 9 miles south-east of Brecon. The village has upper and lower parts, divided by the original drovers road; Cwm Crawnon. The river Usk flows past the north of the village and the Brecon & Abergavenny canal runs through its centre. Overall, this is a very picturesque part … Continued
Gaunt Francis Architects designed a new care community on Fairmile Lane, Cobham, for Audley Villages. The brief called for a small-scale care-led development with a variety of accommodation to allow older people to lead a fulfilled retirement. The site lies within walking distance to Cobham town centre, nestling between gated estates with large private homes … Continued
The Lakes by YOO is a stunning 850 acre luxury private estate in the eastern section of the Cotswold Water Park. In collaboration with The Lakes by YOO, we mainly focused on the coordination and delivery of the lakefront properties that characterise this exclusive development. The buildings are highly efficient, modular pre-fabricated timber framed structures. … Continued
Gaunt Francis won the national architectural competition for the British Homes Awards ’House of the Future’, which was organised with the Mail on Sunday, Building Design and Real Estate TV. The competition required the design of a zero carbon house aimed at the volume house building market, and was felt to be a good opportunity … Continued
