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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…
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SelfBuild & Design Show 2022 – Free Tickets!
As one of the region’s leading firms of Architects, we are looking forward to this year’s SelfBuild & Design Show, taking place at Westpoint Exeter this coming weekend. This specialist exhibition is perfect for anyone interested in embarking on a self-build project, from a major refurbishment or period property renovation right up to large-scale ‘grand…
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Let’s do a Grand Designs project! Where?
As architects we love creative opportunities. This one has totally captured our attention; we’d love to get our hands on it, to create something special; a perfect Grand Designs project! This prominent local landmark is for sale, giving someone a real, unique opportunity. There are challenges but we love challenges. Ok, a bit of traveling…
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What Can We Do With This?
Class Q. Some building development opportunities are easier to spot than others. Perhaps the conversion of this barn was not an obvious prospect, but Peregrine Mears Architects has just successfully obtained permission for the change of use to a dwelling. “When asked “What can we do with this? This really caught my imagination” explained architect…
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Demolish and replace
“Our clients’ words `demolish and replace`! Look at the site, not the existing property’ with an inspiring project brief are precisely why I chose to be an architect” says Max Pountney, Design Manager with Peregrine Mears Architects, as he passionately talks through one of his latest commissions, in fabulous Cornwall. Our clients presented us with…
