Archive for August 2018
New Commission: Two Contemporary Country Villas on the Thames
At DGA, we have the privilege of building homes in some of the country’s most exclusive locations, but nothing beats a site that sits directly on the River Thames. Our proposal replaces two houses of little architectural merit with two highly contemporary Buckinghamshire homes. They have been designed as stark white modernist villas with fully…
Read MoreGuest Expert: How Flood Risk Assessments Win Your Planning Battles
David Eggleton is MD of Three Counties Flood Risk Assessment, who have been instrumental for our planning success in high flood risk areas such as Fulham and Barnes. He’s assessed everything from modest basement extensions to The London Eye, and was the ideal person to ask about flood risk. What do planning departments get wrong…
Read MoreNew Commission: An Architectural Jigsaw Puzzle in Belgravia
Our newest commission is an architectural jigsaw puzzle squeezed within a terrace townhouse in Belgravia. Built in the late 1820s, the original plan appears to have been a single room deep at the front, with a long, narrow rear extension on the back. In World War 2, the house was damaged, and the lost original…
Read MorePhilip’s Advice: Beware the Dangers of Community Infrastructure Levy!
Applying for CIL exemption is one of the many legislative headaches we have to deal with in our projects. But how can a fee that most of our clients aren’t liable for in the first place cause so much trouble? Here are the dangers of CIL, and how you can avoid them. What is the…
Read MorePlanning Permission for Contemporary New Home in Chichester Harbour AONB
Dyer Grimes Architecture is delighted to announce that Chichester District Council has granted us planning permission for a full demolition and rebuild near Chichester Harbour. As the site is within the fiercely protected Chichester Harbour Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, we knew we would have to provide high quality CGIs (which we produce in-house) to…
Read MoreUnder Construction: DGA Rescues Dangerously Deteriorated Fulham House
Our ongoing Fulham full plan basement and renovation is a prime example of why we urge clients to add at least a 10% contingency fund to their projects. We always prefer retaining as much of the original fabric as we can when renovating a property, but as we peeled back the plaster of this neglected…
Read MoreClient of the Month: Lady Louise Carr Refreshes her Victorian Richmond Home
Lady Louise-Carr was faced with a choice: update her home of almost four decades or find somewhere new. She chose to stay, and we helped her breathe new life into her cherished home. What’s the story behind your home? It’s a detached Victorian house in Richmond. I moved here with my husband in 1980.…
Read MoreAwards: Global Business Insight Luxury Interior Design Boutique of the Year
Dyer Grimes Architecture is delighted to announce that we have been awarded “Luxury Interior Design Boutique of the Year 2018” in the Global Business Insight Awards. About the Global Business Insight Awards The 2018 Global Business Insight Awards celebrate business leadership, innovation in Interiors Design across all seven continents of the world.
Read MoreOh Dear… Is John Dyer-Grimes Having a Mid-Life Crisis?
What? Of course not; just because I turned 50 and bought a motorcycle doesn’t mean I’m having a mid-life crisis! It’s simply a very practical and efficient way of getting through London’s busy traffic so that I can be on time for meetings.
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