Architect qualification for team member
The Jonathan Rhind Architects' team are celebrating after Helen Bennett who joined the practice as a Part 2 Architectural Assistant…
We are recruiting
Do you have ideas on how to conserve historic buildings while incorporating the latest renewable technologies; adapting buildings constructed for…
Appointment as preferred consultant to National Trust
We are delighted to announce that following a rigorous review process, Jonathan Rhind Architects have been appointed as preferred consultants to the National Trust to provide Associate Architect services across the South West.
Planning permission granted for Architects designed farm development
The green light has been given for a farmyard of redundant buildings on the edge of the rural Exe River estuary to be sensitively converted into a development of ten 2 and 3 bed homes.
Plans for the Great White Palace
Following our appointment as Architects to the iconic Burgh Island Hotel, we are now delighted to share news that following…
Walking tour CPD for Team on site at Woolsery
Grey skies didn’t dampen the spirits of the team, who last month donned their hard hats and hi-vis for a full day tour of the Woolsery project.
Historic lychgate rescued from collapse
In the Quinquennial Inspection for the church of All Saints, Monkokehampton, Architect Martin Sturley-Hayes identified the lychgate as needing significant repair. Years of weathering had left it in a dangerous condition with decayed timber, structure, corroding steelwork and failing roof.
Devon Farmhouse rejuvenated
When our client acquired Holwell Farm, it was with happy memories of growing up on his father’s farm, and a wish to create a haven with a similar pastoral charm for wildlife to flourish and visitors to enjoy.
Directorship for team member
We are delighted to announce that Jonny Poland has been promoted to full Director at Jonathan Rhind Architects, having been…
Experimenting with a laser cut model
We recently used Barnstaple Library’s Fab Lab to laser cut a prototype model for a renovation and extension project in…
Devon Architects welcomes Surveyor to the team
Recently graduated Surveyor Jamie Hulland joined Jonathan Rhind Architects’ Devon office in December 2021. Jamie has taken on the role…
Festive greetings from Jonathan Rhind Architects
The Jonathan Rhind Architects team started the festive season with what has become an annual baking challenge – last year…
Historic house, low energy
The reuse of old buildings is self-evidently a sustainable form of construction. It uses fewer new materials as well as…
Director and Architect Julian Clayton retires
Director and Architect, Julian Clayton, who joined the Jonathan Rhind Architects Somerset studio in 2016 has retired after over 40…
From tired farmhouse to luxury accommodation
It is not unusual for us to be approached by clients who have moved from London to the Devon or…
Lime CPD - Architects team building walls
As part of our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme, the team from each of our design studios donned their goggles…
Culture Recovery Fund enables roof repairs to Historic Hartland Abbey
Essential roof repairs on Grade I listed Hartland Abbey on the north Devon coast have been completed thanks to a…
How reuse of buildings can affect climate change
An article by Roger Harrabin, BBC energy & environment analyst, on the BBC news website last week caught our attention.…
Bringing the English Riviera to the Exe Valley
The beautiful Exe estuary is at once rich with wildlife and charmingly bucolic; picture postcard villages punctuate the landscape, while…
JRA Conservation Team – integrating the new
We are delighted to welcome several new faces to the Jonathan Rhind Architects team.
Twearly Peaster has joined as a Part…
Green light for Georgian style property
Designing a beautiful house to meet a client’s brief is always a challenge we relish, more so achieving planning permission…
Barn conversion in grounds of Grade I listed Somerset manor
The conversion of the Long Barn in the grounds of a Grade I listed medieval manor in Somerset has been…
Good luck to our Architects in training
Anyone considering a career in architecture, will probably already know that qualifying includes periods of practical experience; both after RIBA…
Farewell to Andreas
When Andreas Hofmeyr joined Jonathan Rhind Architects in 2018, he talked passionately about his love for the outdoors and his…
Architects Appointment for Luxury Art Deco Hotel
We are delighted to announce that Jonathan Rhind Architects have been selected through a competitive process to work with Burgh…
Long-standing member of staff retires
Pamela Longhurst, who began working at Jonathan Rhind Architects shortly after the company was first founded over 35 years ago,…
New community project to inject life into Grade II listed building
An exciting partnership between Torridge District Council (TDC), Great Torrington Town Council, The Plough Arts Centre and Petroc is set…
Climate change and sustainable building
One of the key topics to be discussed at the G7 summit in Cornwall was climate change and energy policy.
Coming…
Reversible Installation architecture in an historic setting
A weighty title, but one that is pretty self-explanatory. For anyone who owns or is contemplating buying a historic property,…
Renovation and extension to Dartmoor farmhouse
When we last blogged about this farmhouse on Dartmoor, planning permission had just been granted for substantial alterations to extend…
Our practice is getting zero carbon ready
By 2025 the Government has pledged that all new buildings need to be zero carbon ready. This is a stepping…
Rewilding – a holistic approach to biodiversity net gain in your project
By mid-2023 there will be a mandatory planning requirement to ensure that development sites are left with more biodiversity than…
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