Architectural Design Services Across East Yorkshire

Most of our East Riding work is residential. We design house extensions, loft conversions, barn conversions, renovations and new build homes for private clients across the region.

East Yorkshire's housing stock is unusually varied. Georgian townhouses in Beverley’s Saturday Market and North Bar Within. Victorian terraces and Edwardian seafront properties in Bridlington. Rural farmsteads and converted agricultural buildings throughout the Wolds and the villages around Driffield. Period and post-war stock across Hull and Cottingham. Each property type brings its own design challenges, and we tailor every project to the building, the street context and what the client actually needs from the space.

We've designed everything from contemporary new builds with air source heat pumps and high performance insulation, through to sensitive extensions on listed properties where the design has to sit comfortably alongside the or

If your property falls within or near a protected area, any proposed work faces stricter planning controls. We know what East Riding of Yorkshire Council's planning team expects in a heritage statement, how to handle Article 4 directions where they're in force, and how to design proposals that respect the character of the surrounding area while delivering the space and functionality you need. If your property is listed, we manage the listed building consent process from start to finish, including supporting documentation and liaison with the conservation officer.

We're not limited to residential work. Our team handles commercial projects including office planning, workspace redesign and showroom layouts, as well as hospitality venues such as restaurants, bars, cafes and corporate entertainment spaces. East Yorkshire's commercial landscape pulls in independent retail in Beverley, professional services and creative businesses across Hull, holiday lets and seasonal hospitality along the coast, and agricultural diversification projects in the rural areas. Each market has its own dynamics, and we tailor the design accordingly.

Building near the Holderness coast is its own discipline. Sections of the cliff line erode at among the fastest rates in Europe, and properties within Coastal Change Management Areas face design and planning constraints that don't apply elsewhere. Flamborough Head, the Heritage Coast and the network of dune systems along the East Riding seaboard each carry environmental designations that shape what's possible.

We've worked through these constraints on coastal projects from Bridlington down to Withernsea, and we know how to position a design so it stands a chance of approval rather than running aground at the planning stage.

Sustainability runs through everything we do. Dean is a strong advocate for energy efficient design, and we've been involved in projects ranging from Passive House developments in the East Riding to retrofitting existing East Yorkshire homes with improved insulation, airtightness and renewable heating systems.

For new builds, we design with orientation and solar gain in mind, specifying triple glazing, MVHR systems and high performance building envelopes where the budget allows. For renovations, we look for every opportunity to improve the existing building's performance alongside the new work.