What are the key design features for offices in 2026?

If you look at a modern office, you’ll see some stark differences to ones from the 00s and earlier. Most barely even look like offices anymore. This showcases the big changes in how people work and what they expect from their workspace. We want to have a look here to see what design features are likely to be popular in offices in 2026. Then, if you want some help with commercial architecture, you can rely on us. Continue reading

Demolish or redevelop?

For a very long time the standard practice has been to build and then demolish buildings when they reach the end of their usefulness. However, attitudes today are much different. People now focus on redevelopment to reduce the impact on the environment and to preserve the heritage of properties. Whether it is homes or commercial architecture, it’s no longer acceptable to just bring in the bulldozers. Continue reading

Taking inspiration from the Iron Age

The Wintringham development at St Neots in Cambridgeshire is creating a vibrant new neighbourhood. It includes new homes, schools, and fantastic amenities. In addition, it connects to a lovely leisure trail and enhances the green space. There will also be even more developments in the future. We’re proud to be involved, recently submitting our plans for the Hub, a central part of the expansion of the town. We want to provide some more details about them here, including the wonderful commercial architecture we’ve designed. Continue reading

New projects beginning to continue Beirut rebuild

The explosion at the Port of Beirut in August 2020 was devastating for the city, destroying approximately 40% of the buildings and claiming hundreds of lives. Properties several kilometres from the site, including the airport (10km away), were affected. Overall, the tragedy was responsible for displacing over 300,000 people. In the years since, there has been work to start reconstruction. UNESCO recently gave details of new programmes to restore key commercial architecture, heritage buildings, schools, and other key properties. Continue reading