Landscape

Natural Water Management, Wildlife Ponds & Water Meadows

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Landscape works that harness natural watercourses form a key component of Atkinson Architects’ work throughout Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. With climate change and a warming environment increasingly affecting our landscapes, the importance of effective water management has never been greater. The drought conditions experienced this summer have highlighted the need to carefully consider how water […]

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Ash House, Dartmouth – Renovation

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Atkinson Architects are pleased to see construction and renovation works progressing well on site at Ash House near Dartmouth in South Devon. Residential Renovation and Extension in South Devon The project involves the full renovation of the main dwelling, a new courtyard extension, a new front colonnade, and associated landscape interventions. Works include fine woodwork

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Modern Low Energy Home

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Contemporary Passivhaus-inspired dwelling in Tamar Valley AONB Atkinson Architects recently completed a high-performance Passivhaus-inspired dwelling nestled within the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) near Buckland Monachorum in Devon. This contemporary home features a mezzanine studio, separate workshop, garage, and extensively landscaped gardens, all designed with sustainability, energy efficiency, and ecological sensitivity in

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Preserving Dartmoor’s Heritage at Ditsworthy Warren

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Atkinson Architects enjoyed a breathtaking winter’s day visiting one of our remote Dartmoor projects at Ditsworthy Warren. The iconic and remote Grade II Listed group of structures consist of; a cottage, enclosed warren, stables and kennel paddock. We have full consent in place for the renovation of this precious building which is one of southwest

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South West LABC Awards 2024

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Atkinson Architects were delighted to be announced as winners of the LABC Awards in mid-August. Winner of the Construction Specialist of the Year – our Senior Architectural Technologist Dave Humphreys. This notable award focussed on his skill and experience balancing listed building sensitivities alongside the requirements of current Building Regulations. At times these are not

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Buildings & Gardens in Harmony

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To celebrate the start of British summertime, Atkinson Architects recently enjoyed a staff day out to visit several of our completed and current projects in Devon and Cornwall. We focussed particularly on how our architecture and landscape design dovetail with each building, not only from an aesthetic point of view, but also a technical one.

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Projects in Paintings

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Atkinson Architects’ research into the history and evolution of our project sites which often reveals fascinating insights. Several of our properties and their settings have been painted by world-famous artists over the past two centuries. Understanding the heritage value and context of all our sites is an important aspect to inform future design. The main

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Outdoor Living Research

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Atkinson Architects are part of a global research initiative (led by The Wellcome Trust) to promote the importance of outdoor living. Seeking to apportion tangible and measurable values to scientific health data. Our specific research topic relates to properly designed external space and its relationship with the architecture. It is a rather obvious connection, but

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Iconic Modernism at Dartington Estate

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Atkinson Architects are working on the internationally significant Modernist 1930’s house at Dartington Estate near Totnes. Part of an iconic series of dwellings designed by Lescaze and Henning for the Elmhirst family along Warren Lane. We are in the design and planning stages to renovate the Grade II Listed dwelling and surrounding gardens for new

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Architecture and Landscape

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Atkinson Architects consider the landscape context and garden design of equal importance to the buildings themselves. Our holistic approach to design seeks to retain the existing landscape character of a place – enhancing it with new planting that is appropriate for the climate. The broad range of locations we have worked on throughout the South

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