Architecture for lighter more natural living.
Established in 2010, we are an architectural practice based in Cardiff and Llandeilo, providing fully qualified and regulated architectural services across South Wales and beyond. Led by Mark Waghorn, an award winning Architect and champion of environmental design, we strive to deliver high quality environments that use available resources responsibly for the benefit of future generations. We believe that good quality design develops through observation and the active process of learning by doing. We take pleasure in the handmade, the use of local, natural materials and the enjoyment of simple things. We believe that real luxury derives from the ability to live in harmony with one's environment. The inspiration for our work is rooted in our knowledge that we are an integral part of the natural world. Our ultimate goal is to make sustainable and low impact living accessible to all.
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LATEST
ROSE RETREAT SPA
MWD Architects has secured planning approval for Rose Retreat Spa, a sensitive wellness extension beside Cyfarthfa Park and Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr Tydfil. Shaped by landscape, privacy and wellbeing, the proposal uses timber screening, natural planting and a low pavilion-like form to create calm relaxation spaces within the historic parkland setting.
KENDAL END FARM
Work is progressing on Kendal End Farm, a hemp barn conversion in the West Midlands that reworks an existing agricultural building into a low-carbon rural home. Using hempcrete, hemp cladding and lime render, the project explores how natural materials can preserve rural character while reducing environmental impact.
ROYLAN
Works are underway on Roylan, a coastal home refurbishment and extension in Ferryside, Carmarthenshire. The project will give the existing house a more contemporary feel, replacing the old conservatory and timber balcony balustrades with cleaner lines and larger areas of glazing. These changes will bring more natural light into the home and frame views across the garden, River Tywi estuary and Ferryside Beach, creating brighter living spaces with a stronger connection to the coast.
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"Absolutely brilliant! ALL of us are gobsmacked and utterly excited to see this to reality. However long it takes, we are determined to get this done.
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I hope you are getting a sense of the thrill that is running through our team right now - we're all here on a grey, cold day and it's as it we've just boarded a flight to some exotic holiday and been offered free champagne!
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THANK YOU ALL, very, very much. You have earned your architect badges in spades!"
Thomas Noel, Derbyshire Dales