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Living With Art

August 5, 2021 / By admin

Displaying a prized painting can be an art form in itself. So, if you are not sure where to hang your Hockney or display your Dalí we have some helpful tips. A Single Large Piece … of artwork can look stunning. Traditional positioning would be centred above the fireplace, a sofa or a bed. This […]

Congratulations to Mr & Mrs Veale – Finally!

July 31, 2021 / By admin

  After the disappointment of their original wedding being cancelled due to the first lockdown, we were so pleased to finally celebrate with RRA Project Designer, Sam Veale (née Wilson) and her husband, Nic Veale, at their gorgeous wedding.   We all witnessed their months of hard work and organisation to put the wedding together […]

Lord-Lieutenant to Herefordshire visits The Little Princess Trust

June 30, 2021 / By admin

The Little Princess Trust welcomed some very special visitors this week who were keen to see the progress of the Hereford charity’s new headquarters. RRA has been working closely with the engineers and builders onsite of the children’s cancer charity for several months – and LPT’s new home is expected to be ready to welcome […]

What is it like working at RRA Architects?

June 18, 2021 / By admin

It’s been 18 months like no other and the working landscape has had to adapt rapidly and repeatedly. Some weeks ago we asked the RRA team what they would like the future working arrangements to be and the answer was almost unanimously to adopt a hybrid approach of some days in the office and either […]

Beautiful Barns

May 17, 2021 / By admin

Working with planning consultants, Tompkins Thomas Planning, the intention is to convert and rejuvenate these beautiful, but redundant, old barns into a mixture of commercial units and workshops. With plenty of existing features and weathered materials, this building is full of interesting inspiration and unique spaces for us to work with and enhance.  Planning is […]

Meet The Team Mondays – Meet Mark Powles

May 10, 2021 / By admin

Look out for our new feature, ‘Meet The Team Monday,’ going out on our social media channels every Monday. Each week will spotlight a member of the RRA team; a little bit about them, what makes them tick and why they joined RRA. We have launched today with an interview with our Managing Director, Mark […]

Throw & Grow

April 29, 2021 / By admin

Our #ThrowAndGrow competition details 🐝 This competition is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, Lucy Rathbone Thank you to everyone who posted or emailed images for our Throw & Grow competition, we loved seeing all the great shots of bees and butterflies. Even after some considerable deliberation we still had a not very short, shortlist. […]

Regency Villa

April 18, 2021 / By admin

In the heart of Cheltenham, what was once a beautiful Regency Villa, had been unsympathetically altered for use as a care home over many decades. The unloved property was purchased by our client last year and RRA was given the brief to restore the building to its former glory whilst also bringing it into the […]

Say Hello to Ryan

April 14, 2021 / By admin

We are delighted to welcome Ryan Birch to our team. Ryan has joined on placement from his studies at the University of Bath and is looking forward to building on the small amount of experience he has gained in practice so far. He joins our Gloucester office, where he will be working on a number […]

Hatching New Trends

March 31, 2021 / By admin

Hatching New Trends; How Covid-19 has influenced architectural trends. In an attempt to look forward we are going to put our architectural ‘necks on the line’ and commit our predictions for 2021, and beyond, to paper (or more specifically to screen). Most of the predictions we are stating seem destined to have happened anyway, but […]