Snug Architects

Brainstorming the new office

Great session with the team brainstorming the layout and spatial philosophy for the new office. Plenty of cake too!!...

Reflections from Exposure. - A beautiful exhibition of beautiful places.

My wife and I had the pleasure of attending the launch of Phil Coffey's 'exposure' exhibition at the RIBA. A collection of photographs and models capturing ten years his architecture and the 60 countries he had visited. It was a beautiful exhibition ...

The end of an era

At the end of August we very much enjoyed making the cut out model of A House for Essex by FAT Architects with Grayson Perry, kindly provided by the Architects Journal. This version of the AJ was guest edited by FAT Architects and reflected on ending...

Accordia - Revisiting a great place to live

I had the opportunity to call in on Accordia recently, the first housing scheme to win the Sterling Prize. This is one of those rare modern housing developments that has improved with age. Hugely impressed. The community was clearly vibrant, the land...

A carbuncle on the face of a friend

Prince Charles famously described modern architecture along the Thames in London as 'like a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend'. That would seem a fitting description for this the unfortunate addition of a cedar shingl...

Design - It's a process

Design is never a linear or predictable process. Achieving quality requires many ideas to be explored, tested, reviewed and, in most cases rejected. This image captures the quantity of process generated in just one day at Snug Architects and on only ...

Re-imagining retirement living

We really enjoyed this talk by Roger Black from PegasusLife. http://archiboo.com/event/crea... His emphasis on ending life well is inspiring and beautifully captured in a simple and compelling graph that depicts the increased quality of life offered ...

Poynton Shared Space

The new shared space at Poynton has finally demonstrated that the half century grip of the car over our public realm is coming to an end. If a major junction on a trunk road can become a shared space so can most of the junctions in every town. Its ti...

Snug launches integrated Code Assessment Service

Snug Projects is pleased to announce the launch of our new Code Assessment Service. Since Toby Peter-Simmonds, a Stroma registered code assessor joined the team we have been promoting the benefits of an integrated approach to sustainable design. The ...

You never actually own a home...

We love the sentiment behind the Patek Philippe slogan; 'you never actually own a Patek Philippe. You merely look after it for the next generation.' That is how it is with a truly great home. You never actually own a home. You merely look after it ...

Thought Leadership