Category / Design
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Adding a link can be transformational
Architect for an extension I No two design projects are the same and are often not on a grand scale. Peregrine Mears Architects ensure that their same professional enthusiasm, creativity and passion is applied to all projects, illustrated by this recent individual scheme in North Devon. Our clients approached us, having purchased a lovely home,…
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New hotel for expanding marina
An architect’s contribution is multi-faceted, evolving with a project. Understanding a client’s need and vision sounds easy, but often not quite as straightforward as it might appear. Working in different parts of the UK allows us to bring a totally fresh approach, with an objective perceptive. Business owners live and breathe their buildings, sometimes leading…
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Where do we start with our self-build?
“So where do we start” is often the first question we’re asked by clients embarking on their first self-build project. Invariably, ideas are a plenty; we’re keen to listen and learn. The more we know, the better equipped we are. “These initial conversations are so valuable” explained Devon architect, Perry Mears. “We know it’s hard…
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“Inspire me” was the brief! We did! (Including fish)!
Recommended as the go-to architect design team for something different, from the very start we knew that this project was going to be exciting! Our first conversation was something like “I own a large 1980’s house in Hampshire. It’s in the right location, on a great plot. I’m looking to make the most of what…
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Personal edge in architectural technology
With ChatGBT and AI featuring prominently in the headlines, there have been interesting discussions about technology in many roles. The passionate discourse around architects has encompassed every perspective and viewpoint. Devon architects, Peregrine Mears Architects gives an insight into their approach, subtly blending the latest technology with a skillful personal touch, which can add a…
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Cornwall homes planning permission
More success for Cornwall homes planning permission approvals. Having successfully gained planning permission for a new dwelling on part of a former market garden site in 2021, we were pleased to be invited to act for the same landowner to seek consent for an additional two dwellings on the site in 2022. As always, our…
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Architects Help Community Try and Save Historic Building
When the Community Bid to Save Historic Building was launched they invited Devon based Peregrine Mears Architects are delighted to have been appointed by the Moor Imagination Collective(MIC) to advise on their aspirations to acquire, develop and convert Buckfastleigh Methodist Church to a community hub. Built in 1835, a 2012 Conservation Area Character Appraisal describes it as “a key community building……
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Living in Harmony With Nature: Off Grid House Featured in SelfBuild & Design Magazine!
There’s something special about seeing one’s work in print. We are all so used to digital media, so it makes a pleasant change to flick through the pages of a glossy magazine and see a project we have designed featured and real SelfBuild and Design. That is the case for this off-grid house we designed…
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RICS Award for Community Centre
RICS Award for Bovey Tracey Community Centre. We are thrilled to announce that The Riverside Community Centre in Bovey Tracey has been crowned Winner of best Public Sector Project in the RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Awards 2022), South West Region. Situated at the western gateway of the town, the new community centre was…
