Home Builder Awards 2022 BUILD 9 Jan22362 ased in Stokes Croft, Bristol, Arch Hive is a small, sustainability and design-led company. Its range of small house extension projects and new build homes have brought it success over its years of operation, securing it as one of the latest and greatest small design companies in the region. Alongside it’s domestic projects, Arch Hive has also built up a portfolio of larger residential and mixed-use schemes in addition to a variety of commercial projects, bolstering its ability to serve a diverse number of clientele across various sectors and locations throughout the UK. Prioritising low-energy practices the company focuses on ‘treading lightly’ and aims to educate its clients about the benefits of sustainable design. This is making it a front runner not just in its region, but in the wider industry, as it leads by example to try and counteract the reality that the construction industry consumes half of all natural resources that are extracted from the planet. Ultimately, it wishes to be part of the solution, not the problem, working hard to prioritise a fabric-first approach that sources sustainable and local materials, and employs passive design in order to minimise energy and demand; two elements that in tandem make for a much more streamlined and ecologically friendly process. All of these efforts have ensured that Arch Hive creates inspiring architecture that fits the surrounding environment as though it grew up out of it. In this manner, all of its products are also incredibly suited to the changing environment of the modern world, developing structures that will withstand the test of time and producing architecture in which both the building and its occupants are safeguarded for the future. Furthermore, in order to make this possible, Arch Hive’s ethos carries a commitment to fitting each space around its client’s needs, requirements, personality, and lifestyle, developing spaces that are totally unique, such as the new-built and partretrofit of a beautiful Victorian town centre terrace in the West Midlands, aiming to deliver Passivhaus standards as well as sustainable heating and cooling, whilst keeping the 19th century charm of the façade. In essence, Arch Hive will always work hard to ensure it understands everything about a build before it undertakes it. From the very first contact with a client to discussing the project proper, it will tease out everything it needs to know by working with the client as well as for them, its exemplary team operating with empathy and understanding as they talk through their goals and walk through the site, taking in the full experience. Its use of technologies such as Building Information Modelling helps it do this in an incredibly holistic manner, as does its use of cloud-based software and constant communication with clients and stakeholders. With all of the above in mind, Arch Hive Design is looking forward to an exciting future of continued ingenuity and exploration. Company: Arch Hive Design Contact: Chris Ratcliffe Website: archhive.co B Rising Stars in Sustainable Home Design - UK All in all, Arch Hive Design is looking forward to an exciting year of innovation. Being a sustainability led practice, its projects aspire to create uplifting, contemporary spaces for its clients that exceed the project brief and build on the underlying principles of low-energy design. Moving to a new premises in Bristol this year, Arch Hive Design will be working on a number of exciting commercial, domestic, and listed building projects as well as legacy projects moving into construction.
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