Thought Leadership

Reflections on Trauma Informed Design in the Justice System

Earlier this month, Snug's Managing and Design Director Paul Bulkeley sat down with Noa Shoshan and Laura Verstraete from RESCALED's European office to reflect on Hope Street — our pioneering facility for women in the justice system, commissioned by ...

Beware...AI is not a tool.

This article was written by our design director Paul Bulkeley…with a little help from Google Gemini. It explores the implications of Artificial Intelligence use on professional practice. Artificial Intelligence is not a tool. A tool, no matter how s...

Regenerative Architecture Index 2025

We are pleased to have been included in the Regenerative Architecture Index 2025. This Index has taken on a life of its own over the past year since its launch. Starting with a list of 64 practices in the first year, Architects Declare assessed and d...

How we ensure BNG is a genuine net gain for all our stakeholders.

A good architect will ensure BNG intelligently and creatively adds value to your development. Ian Hambleton, director at Biodiversity Units UK wrote an interesting promotional piece in New Civil Engineer about managing the risks and challenges of t...

The Snug Way

Our founding director, Paul Bulkeley, was invited to deliver the Inspiration Hour talk at this year's Royal Society of Architects in Wales annual conference in Cardiff. He chose to share on the importance of designing in accordance with our values. H...

The Trauma Informed Design Guide

This guide sets out our approach to Trauma Informed Design through its application at Hope Street, a pioneering new facility for women in the justice system. ...

Occupancy Sleepover At Hope Street

It’s not often as the architect you get to stay in the places you have designed. But last night I seized the opportunity to have an ‘occupancy sleepover’ and experience what it is actually like to live in one of our designs. Prior to Hope Street beco...

Trauma Informed Design

How can a building breed trust? As our Hope Street project, for the charity One Small Thing, moves forward on site in Southampton we have been reflecting on the journey so far. It is a progressive pilot project that supports a healing trauma service...

The Snug Guide to MMC

To help our clients embrace MMC we have produced The Brief Guide to MMC. The world of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) is expanding fast. As MMC suppliers increasingly vie for the attention of decision makers it can be increasingly difficult for...

Adding value by aligning values