Snug Architects

Multiple Awards Won

What a great run we have had on the awards front this year! First we won the RIBA MacEwen Award, the leading architecture award for social purpose projects, for our scheme at Hope Street. This was something we had been pursuing for many years, so was...

Bartlett Arboretum secures planning permission

We are really pleased to have secured planning permission on behalf of Bartlett Tree Experts to develop a landscape led design for their private arboretum and associated research buildings. The project will assist Bartlett Tree Experts in showcasing ...

Mixed use development at Hawkwood Road secures planning permission

We are pleased to announce that our mixed-use development for BCP Council at Hawkwood Road in Boscombe secured planning permission. The scheme was unanimously supported at committee. This is a major milestone for Boscombe, forming phase 1 of the Bos...

Constructing Excellence SECBE Awards Finalist 2024

Hope Street has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Building Project of the Year Constructing Excellence SECBE Awards 2024 and our clients, One Small Thing for the client of the year. You can see the other shortlisted projects here: https://www.ce...

Planning achieved for new Outdoor Education Centre in Snowdonia National Park

We are pleased to have secured planning permission for Phase 2 of the new facilities for CMC Adventure's Outdoor Activities centre at Pensarn Harbour, LLanbedr in the Eryri/Snowdonia National Park. The project is located within a tidal estuary flood...

Hope Street wins a prestigious Civic Trust Award

Hope Street has won another prestigious award. We were delighted to pick up an award at the 2024 Civic Trust Awards ceremony in Manchester. The judges’ commented; “Hope Street stands as a beacon of change in the justice system, demonstrating how arch...

Hope Street wins the 2024 MacEwen Award

We are so pleased to announce that Hope Street has won the 2024 RIBA MacEwen Award. This is something the team at Snug Architects have been working towards for many years. The MacEwen Award recognises projects that have delivered Architecture for the...

Hope Street is Longlisted for a Macewen Award

We are really delighted that Hope Street, our scheme for women in the justice system, has been longlisted for a Macewen Award. We feel this is one of the most important awards in architecture as it celebrates buildings with social purpose where 'arch...

Hope Street is a 2024 Civic Trust Awards Regional Finalist

We are delighted that Hope Street, our pioneering project for women in the justice system on behalf of charity One Small Thing, is a regional finalist in this year's Civic Trust Awards. You can read more about this amazing project here https://snuga...

Snug Celebrates 20 years

This week we celebrated our 20th anniversary. It is amazing to reflect on how far we have come. To celebrate we hired the Spinnaker Tower and threw a party. It was great to gather friends, old and new, together from across the years. We are incredibl...

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