Thought Leadership

Championing Quality Construction Information

Championing Quality Construction Information

We were pleased to see that research undertaken by @NHBC as part of their Construction Quality Reviews (CQR's) is revealing that significant numbers of on site defects and abortive construction work could be prevented if the construction industry, ...

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Revealing the Sub\Urbia House - A super dense prototype terraced house

Revealing the Sub\Urbia House - A super dense prototype terraced house

At Snug we are always actively seeking to develop and refine new housing typologies that will help to solve the #housing #housingcrisis. As a company, our mission is to 'create great places and prosper people'. This year we have developed a new pro...

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The Ring Of Remembrance

The Ring Of Remembrance

After ​​two days visiting the battle fields of the Somme, a visit to The Ring Of Remembrance, International WWI Memorial Of Notre-Dame-De-Lorette, is all the more poignant. This is a powerful memorial to the sacrifice of life made in the Great War. ...

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Great sketch

Great sketch

We received these two wonderful sketches from site today. We love the power of sketching, what we call 'thinking on paper'. It is great to see a contractor who is confident to sketch. They may not have intended to create art but we think they are bea...

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Prior Approval expertise

Prior Approval expertise

Snug Architects have built up a wealth of experience in the design and delivery of Prior Approval schemes. The conversion of offices to residential use under permitted development rights is delivering much needed new housing and quickly. It is also r...

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Lets solve the real housing crisis

Lets solve the real housing crisis

How long do you think your house was designed to last? Let me put it another way. When do you think your house will be demolished? Houses get replaced when it is cheaper to replace them than it is to maintain them or, put another way, when more money...

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Form Follows Force Part 2

Form Follows Force Part 2

Here are the second batch of images on our new housing and apartment typologies. These images explore how a large scale settlement edge development can be sympathetically integrated into its setting, creating a humane settlement edge where people wil...

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Form Follows Force!

Form Follows Force!

At Snug we endeavour to create humane homes where people 'love where they live'. Our architecture seeks always to respond positively to the forces at work upon it. These forces are derived from the characteristics of the site, the ergonomics of inhab...

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Symbiotic design

Symbiotic design

Snug are starting a national debate on the merits of Symbiotic Design. This is about thinking outside the silo, exploring how multiple functions can be added to a project without compromising the primary function. The result can be significant added ...

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Elephant Cage - Part 2

Elephant Cage - Part 2

Following last November's involvement with the 'Elephant Cage' symposium, #ECage17, Richard joined a number of talented Anglo-Dutch Architects and Engineers on an invigorating and inspirational trip to the Netherlands, to reflect on the conceptual pr...

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