Snug Architects

Collaborating with giants

At the heart of our philosophy is the idea that we are greater when we collaborate. We created this image to reflect and inspire the symbiotic collaboration we believe in. If you are a giant looking for a symbiont give us a call. Our experience to da...

Building in Context

This has got to be one of the best quotes I have ever heard on the reason for designing in context. Cllr Gottlieb, we love it. Extract taken from the Hampshire Chronicle 2 February 2017....

The joys of tendering

We love the sentiment here....The bad old days of lowest price tendering may be mostly dead but the mindset is still very much alive. We all need to re-think tendering. How can we better achieve the client's real objectives? They are rarely just cost...

Re-visiting the Petersfield Neighbourhood Plan

Back in 2013, Snug Architects were commissioned by Petersfield Town Council to develop a conceptual masterplan for the future of the town as part of the Petersfield Neighbourhood Plan. This formed part of an exemplary programme of public engagement t...

Making concrete beautiful with Reckli

Our design director, Paul Bulkeley, is just back from the Reckli factory in Herne, Germany where he was composing the artwork for the end panels to our 119 beach huts in Milford-on-sea. Here is a taste of what is soon to be caste in concrete. The des...

Cool, modern and vernacular - The new Mottisfont Visitor Centre

Called in to see the new Mottisfont visitor centre on the way to work.... Stunning. This is a beautiful piece of carefully crafted modern architecture. It speaks equal of its setting and its era. Well done to Burd Haward Architects on a job well done...

Renovate or rebuild? - How to decide

Snug Architects director, Paul Bulkeley, is quoted in this months @granddesignsmag in an article on how to decide whether to renovate or rebuild an existing tired property. We have a wealth of experience in helping clients to resolve this difficult d...

The iTeam

They say there is no 'i' in team. We don't agree. A great team is formed when individuals learn to work effectively together and play to their strengths. This week the whole office found out their #myersbriggs personality profile. We then shared the ...

The art of successful Project Management

Delivering projects successfully is about more than the application of tightly controlled project management systems by professional project managers, as useful as they are. Most projects don't unfold quite as predicted at the outset. As a result, th...

Process, process, process....product

Its a good job we love designing, a great design takes a huge amount of process. The layout for this emerging scheme involved over 30 iterations developed in just 3 hours of intense process. Suddenly it comes together, the right solution bursts forth...

Thought Leadership