Blog Entries

Jennifer Hawksworth - Office & Client Liaison Manager 15.05.2024 Limnerslease Artists Home & Studio To recognise the contribution lifelong education and additional activities can oer to physical and emotional well-being, PLACE offers a discretionary Enrichment Programme in addition… Read More

An Application for Permission in Principle (PIP) can be a good way of testing the water. You can see whether the Local Planning Authority (LPA) would agree ‘in principle’ to building on land you have… Read More

Niall Davies-Hale - Architectural Assistant 10.04.2024 While visiting Edinburgh at the weekend, I walked past the Royal Scottish Academy where a banner reading ‘Architecture’ and ‘exhibition’ immediately grabbed my attention. As a student in the profession currently… Read More

Mike Wellsbury-Nye - Architectural Technologist 26.10.2023 If you’ve never been to the Design Museum in Kensington, London, we highly recommend that you make the trip. Not only does the museum host exhibitions covering all aspects of contemporary… Read More

Affordable Housing in Cornwall © Cornwall Council Local and affordable housing is a phrase that, when heard, can cause the raising of eyebrows.  There is a general feeling that it is somewhat out of reach for… Read More

Tash Baskerville - Operations manager 15.09.2023 Public funding is often elusive, sometimes we don’t really know where it comes from or how to obtain it. In this case, if you have a project that can support the… Read More

At the time of writing, summer seems like something of a mythical beast.  Soon enough we will be into autumn, and before long it will be November. As well as the usual building of bonfires,… Read More

Tash Baskerville - Operations Manager 30.06.2023 Models submitted We’ve had a great time at PLACE architects working with Launceston Town Council, Launceston Chamber of Commerce and The Orchard Centre over the past few months. The annual Children’s Architectural… Read More

Embodied carbon and operational carbon are two important concepts in sustainable architecture related to the environmental impact of buildings. Embodied carbon When we talk about embodied carbon, this refers to the carbon emissions associated with the materials,… Read More

Gemma Loving - Senior Architect PLACE architects were a part of the team delivering the recently completed feasibility study for the Safer Greener Streets project which was awarded £100,000 from the Town Vitality Fund.  Safer Greener Streets… Read More

Ben Hardy - Part II Architectural Assistant What is Part L? At PLACE Architects we are keen to tackle the challenges of sustainability met in the construction industry. We need to keep up to date with the… Read More

What does sustainability mean to Niall as a student of architecture? From a student perspective, the climate crisis can seem quite daunting.  There feels like a lot of responsibility to bring about change within the construction… Read More

Jennifer Hawksworth - Office & Client Liaison Manager International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender… Read More

At the start of any building project, all clients want to know what it is likely to cost.  Architects understand the building process from the very beginning of a project right through to the end.… Read More

Building Information Modelling, more commonly known as BIM, starts with creating a 3D virtual model of your project.  It is a tool that gives architects, engineers and construction professionals the ability to work together to… Read More

The planning process can conjure up feelings of apprehension. Often, it brings with it daunting thoughts and trepidation at the prospect of entering into this unknown territory. How much does planning cost? Will I understand… Read More

Jamie Henderson - Architect Buildings offer the ultimate feat of endurance, they embody the virtues of a certain time & place. Making your mark in the world has been an alluring premise for humans, ever since we… Read More