People have a desire for architecture that is connected, somehow familiar but also different that has a sense of permanence against a constant tide of change. It is somewhat a paradoxical thing to write as in a way nothing is permanent. We are not interested in making work that which denies history, or claims to be radical, superfluous or has newness as its sole objective. Buildings are never ‘new’. Instead we are interested in making buildings that last as long as possible, that can adapt and change.

We are fascinated by all forms of buildings and structures that litter human history and believe that solid Architectural ideas can be drawn out of all. They become ways in which culture is carried perhaps. Not just the physical. They communicate values, ideas and can link to generations past. This interweaving of history, of place is of real interest to us. This is not to say that we should obsess over some nostalgic notion of what a building was. But by an understanding of context, typology, an appreciation of history and place the makers original hand can be interpreted. 

We like to make buildings that are connected to landscape and place where they are from. We work with materials that age, that are of ‘one’. That can chip or mark. This can embed character, memory, a sense of permanence and physicality and we hope become familiar.