The brick plays a key role in the new building, with reference back to the historic museum, the selected darks give an aged but contemporary feel.
Photography by Lorenzo Zandri
We are pleased to announce that Napier Clarke is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified.
The project exemplifies the use of brick in the suburbs, taking a contextual form and recreating it in a contemporary way. The form is derived from the language of the existing streetscape, formed of semi detached bungalows, The brick, a handmade Charnwood Henley red, is detailed to focus on stretcher and stack bond laying to create a four bay front that related more to public architecture than domestic
Photography by Lorenzo Zandri
Last week, we were honoured to have received a Royal visit from the Duke of Gloucester at the Black Country Living Museum – Visitor Centre.
Interestingly the Duke or Prince Richard practiced as an architect until the death of his elder brother, Willian, placed him in direct line to inherit his fathers dukedom of Gloucester, which he assumed in 1974.
Read more about Harry’s experience in our Team profile page
The impressive scheme is on the outskirts of Henley and located in the Chilterns AONB. Surrounded by open fields woodland with several farms, the design takes inspiration from both traditional farm building ad the modern humble ew industrial buildings.
Drawing on surrounding architectural barn typologies the design uses flint and open board timber cladding. Read more
We are delighted to have the Black Country Visitor Centre featured in the RIBA Journal @ribajournal
Many thanks to Isabelle Priest for the inspiring words.
‘This is a building that is contemporary, vernacular, inventive, meaningful and yet simple’
Photography by @lorenzozandri
NCA have recently submitted a new scheme for a one-off house on the outskirts of Henley in AONB.
The design intends to take inspiration from both the traditional farm building and the modern ‘humble’ new industrial buildings. With reference to both form and materials. The standard industrial farm buildings are articulated in a bespoke way to create a piece of contemporary contextual design.
The diagrams present the re-development concept. A historic boathouse, built circa 1900, is restored and repurposed within our proposals, preserving, and enhancing the existing context and local character. The existing boathouse is converted into 2 residential units with an additional 6 new contemporary houses. The massing, roofscape and fenestration of six new homes references the old boathouse in a sensitive but contemporary way, to create a strong identity for the overall scheme rooted in the local townscape, and wider riverside setting.
Director Amy had a great day at Modular Matters Conference in Birmingham! Great to listen to expert speakers discussing the latest developments and innovations in this sector.
Thanks to Imran Kassim, a good friend, who gave his insights on Net Zero in MMC.
The design of Crofters draws inspiration from the surrounding agricultural barn typologies on the site, using flint and open board timber cladding. Conceptually the timber volume is elevated above the flint plinth and seemingly ‘floats’ above a zone of glass and structure to create a compelling piece of architecture.
The contractors are progressing with the external masonry skin and completing the roof structure, ready to receive valley gutters, insulation and tiled roof build up. Out team is enjoying capturing the atmospheric progress shots across from the river. We are starting to read the pitched roofscape reflected in the water.
We developed the initial design principles of reinterpreting the existing long houses on the site which is located in an Area of Outstanding Beauty. The proposed scheme conceived the dwellings on the site both individually to respond to the peculiarities of each site’s surroundings and collectively to appear as a family of buildings. The houses are unified through crisp forms, roof pitches, fenestration, and a common palette of high-quality materials.
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Black Country Living Museum – Visitor Centre – Napier Clarke Architects
We must thank Michelmersh and Justin @justfacades for all their help and support throughout this project!
We are excited to be soon releasing the final images for our newly completed competition wining scheme for the Black Country Living Museum.
Check out the webpage for an early preview
Black Country Living Museum – Visitor Centre – Napier Clarke Architects
Photography by Lorenzo Zandri
The proposal is a series of new sustainable outbuildings providing ancillary residential accommodation. The design replaces outbuildings, connecting directly to an existing Grade II listed building.
Congratulations to the team and a thank you to the photographer Lorenzo Zandri.
The architectural proposal seeks to replace the existing barns with a series of new sustainable timber outbuildings. The design provides ancillary residential accommodation which is connected to an existing Grade III listed building. We have been working with the renowned heritage consultants at Purcell and the award winning landscape architects Harris Bug Studio to deliver the planning application.
Many thanks to our talented team and to Joakim Boren & Lorenzo Zandri for photography and Haze Viz for visualisations
The photography captures the form of the building and its existing relationship with the neighbours, demonstrating a contemporary approach on the current language of the existing streetscape. The interior photos capture the polished concrete floors used throughout the ground floor and the expression of the vaulted roof in the dining room. Photography by Lorenzo Zandri.
The photography captures the detailing of protruding handmade local red bricks and the contrast with the charred timber. The project, located in an area of special character, is influenced by the prevailing characteristics of the area, which included the use of the vaulted roof as a centrepiece of the design as shown in the photographs. The interior shots capture the framed views of the landscape and the natural palette that reflects this natural landscape. Photography by Lorenzo Zandri
