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Architectural & Garden Design from Leeds OWL – Organising Working & Living
Our mission is not to sell you a building or a product…
…but the Design and Organisation to assist your Working & Living environment.
Please telephone to arrange a meeting.
A personal service by
Grahame White for Building Design with Spacial Reorganisation
Suzanne White for Garden Design
Flexible working hours up to 7 days a week.
Commissions include:-
● Residential
● Residential Gardens
● Houses – Bungalows – Extensions
● Small works undertaken.
● Industrial Buildings & Offices
● Community Buildings
● Schools Extensions/Alterations
● GP/ Dental Practices
● Residential Care Homes
● Ablutions
Design Style and Aesthetics are tuned to your requirements and not locked into a corporate image.
Architectural Professional Indemnity Insurance
Not Registered for VAT and thus No VAT added to your bill
Only pay for the time needed for your project and abort at any stage without penalty.
Solutions designed to meet the commissioner’s requirements.
“Quietly Functional and Competent Buildings and Gardens”
Maybe you have no real need to build an extension!
Occasionally we can meet your spatial needs within the envelope of your existing residence.
Thinking of buying a property? Why not have a sketch design done to explore what you could achieve before you buy – usually much cheaper than a valuation survey!
See the Extension Appraisal Page
SHELTER
Many residential clients make use of the “Architect in the House” scheme. They seek advice on What, Where and How to go about a project. Sometimes this advice is not to proceed with the project but to find another property, or it may be that you do not need an architectural design but just a specialist such as a structural engineer to carry your project forward.
We only offer our services where we can secure you the best value. See the SHELTER Page
2013 numerous school asset management plans reviewed.
Largest Residential Extension in Green Belt in 2011 North View House, Shadwell
Largest Project in 2010 St Oswald Primary School 2FE – 3000m2
Quickest Planning Approval 2009 – 6 weeks.
Largest Planning Application in 2008 – 56 bed nursing home Bryn Awelon II in Cricceth North Wales.
Smallest fee paid in 2007 for Planning & Building Regulation Application £395
3D Computer aided design inc. as standard for buildings bt Grahame
Hand-crafted drawings for Garden Design by Suzanne
A keen interest in Grand Designs & Sustainability
Design Style and Aesthetics are tuned to your requirements and not locked into a corporate image.
Small Print Made Big (Terms and Conditions)
Only pay for the time needed for your project and abort at any stage without penalty.
These are the general terms of appointment as required by arb** & RIBA*.
This usually extends to design work for “OWL” Organising Working and Living (or Learning)
& the following as required.
OWLarchitecture.com is usually charged at an hourly rate and billed monthly.
● Planning Advice
● Planning Applications
● Planning Appeals
● Building Regulations Advice
● Building Regulations Submission
● Basic Schedule of Works for Pricing
● Construction Advice
● Ad hoc Site Inspection
● Technical Advice
Where Consultancy Services are outside the competency of OWLarchitecture.com a direct appointment of other consultant(s) will be required. e.g. Construction Design and Management Regulations, Party Wall Agreements, Quantity Surveying, Contract Administration, Structural Calculations & Topographical Surveys.
No additional costs for postage, printing (up to A3 size drawings) or mileage are charged on accounts.
All work is generally issued by PDF. Many clients read and view the A3 drawings on iPad etc.
*RIBA = Royal Institute of British Architects
**arb = Architects Registration Board
The arb issued a guidance document in 2021 that included SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PRINCIPLES with the following key points:-
“SB1. Understand the relationships between buildings, settlements, communities and a changing climate, and be able to design low and zero carbon buildings
SB2. Understand social sustainability and social value as tools to measure the impact of development upon communities
SB3. Be able to design to preserve, integrate and enhance natural habitats which encourage biodiversity and support access to green infrastructure space for communities
SB4. Be able to apply the design principles of:
● Retrofit First
● Fabric First and thermal/energy efficiency
● Passive Design
● Daylighting
● Appropriate renewable technologies
● Life Cycle Assessment and Costing
● Whole Life Carbon & Low embodied carbon design
● Water cycle, demand, supply and reduction”
Testimonials
Whatever we throw at OWL they always deliver.
OWL thinks outside the box, inside the box and around the box – unexpected solutions
OWL don‘t just draw it – they make it better.
A design beyond our expectations
Do you only work nights?
Fantastic speed of delivery – 1 week to Planning
It is a hoot working with OWL