Artichoke: Architectural Consultancy

Artichoke: Architectural Consultancy Architectural & Developer Services The result is not just a set of drawings, but spaces that feel right, look beautiful, and function seamlessly - for you.
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We design for you and every project starts with listening — understanding your needs, ambitions, and the way you want to live or work. Clients come to us because we make the complex simpler. From navigating planning permission and building regulations to coordinating consultants and costs, we take care of the details so you can focus on the exciting part — seeing your ideas come to life. We’re a f

riendly, passionate team of experts with experience that ranges from bespoke home extensions to listed buildings and multi-million-pound redevelopments. What matters most is delivering a project you’re proud of, with the process feeling collaborative and enjoyable from start to finish.

Sometimes the nicest compliments arrive completely out of the blue.Last weekend I was at The Swan in Clewer Village, sin...
17/06/2026

Sometimes the nicest compliments arrive completely out of the blue.

Last weekend I was at The Swan in Clewer Village, singing in a band at a friend's leaving gig before she sets off walking from Windsor to Rome. It was one of those evenings surrounded by friends, neighbours and familiar faces that reminds you how lucky we are to be part of such a great local community.

After we'd finished playing, someone across the table asked: "Are you Artichoke?"

My first thought was : "What have I done?!" 😅

It was Stan, a local builder who'd worked on one of our favourite ever projects: the transformation of a poorly flowing bungalow into a light-filled, contemporary family home. Corner-opening bifolds that dissolve the line between inside and out, warm timber cladding, and a striking apex window flooding the master bedroom with light.

What made the moment so special was hearing how much Stan had enjoyed building it and how straightforward our drawings were to work from.

When you spend countless hours refining details on screen, it's easy to forget that every line becomes something real, built by skilled hands. Hearing that from the person who actually constructed it meant the world.

Designs only become great buildings when great builders bring them to life.

Thank you, Stan. Encounters like that make all the hard work worthwhile. 🙏

The details you don’t see but always feel!Every transformation begins long before the first wall comes down. One of our ...
11/06/2026

The details you don’t see but always feel!

Every transformation begins long before the first wall comes down. One of our recent projects started as a dark, enclosed room with limited natural light. Today, it’s a bright, uplifting space shaped by a new rooflight and a generous corner-opening bifold that dissolves the boundary between home and garden, creating that truly inside-out space that everyone loves.

What you see is light, calm and connection. What you don’t see is the exploration that lead to this solution, the technical choreography behind it: structural coordination, glazing strategy, junction detailing, and the hundreds of micro decisions that make the finished space feel effortless.

At Artichoke, this invisible work is where the magic happens and it’s what we love doing. It’s how we turn constraints into opportunities and create homes that feel intuitive from the moment you step inside.

Are you thinking about transforming your own space? Please get in touch so that we can start the conversation.

Project before and after: The Coach House by

Well this wonderful house just came onto our feed and we just had to share it.The architecture is simple and minimal and...
08/06/2026

Well this wonderful house just came onto our feed and we just had to share it.

The architecture is simple and minimal and the setting (bridging two idlands!) is the only building in the UK that does that.

We particularly love how the red front door pops!!

Small by Design. Personal by Nature.This Small Business Week, we’re celebrating what it truly means to be a small, indep...
03/06/2026

Small by Design. Personal by Nature.

This Small Business Week, we’re celebrating what it truly means to be a small, independent architectural practice and why this can be of real benefit for clients.

For us, being founder-led is about connection. It means when you work with us, you know exactly who you’re speaking to and when you get in touch, you’ll always reach the people who care most about your project.

We believe successful projects start with listening. By keeping our practice intentionally small, we’re able to offer a personal, attentive service, shaping every project around the people and places it’s created for.

We’re also incredibly proud of the role we play in our local community. From local schools and sports pavilions to hotels, restaurants and pubs, many of our projects are rooted right here on our home turf in spaces that bring people together and enrich everyday life.

Being a small business means being close to our clients, committed to our craft, and connected to our community.

And we wouldn’t have it any other way.

Thank you to everyone who’s trusted us to bring their ideas to life.
If you’d like to talk to any of our passionate, experienced and talented team about a project you’re thinking about, please get in touch.

The Singing DirectorWhat a weekend in Harrogate at the national Barbershop Singing Competition. Away from Artichoke, I s...
27/05/2026

The Singing Director

What a weekend in Harrogate at the national Barbershop Singing Competition. Away from Artichoke, I sing with The Royal Harmonics, a Windsor based barbershop chorus — and this weekend we finished 3rd in the country and won Most Improved!

7 months of refining just two songs through trial, feedback and collaboration felt very familiar — much like the iterative design process we use at Artichoke to shape architectural proposals to meet our clients’ needs.

One song moved the audience to tears; the other ended with a standing ovation — a very special moment after months of work.

If you’d like to watch, the livestream is here — we’re on at 2:26:
https://www.youtube.com/live/Am5GOlm7LW8?si=tmEz6FVoOvtb6OiA

If you have a project you’d like to discuss and let us help you to refine, please get in touch, we'd love to help.

Do you love where you live but don’t have enough space and don’t like how it looks? A front extension could be the perfe...
20/05/2026

Do you love where you live but don’t have enough space and don’t like how it looks?

A front extension could be the perfect answer.

A thoughtfully designed front extension can completely transform your home, adding extra space, improving natural light and giving your home a completely new look so you will love it every time you come home.

From larger entrances and open living areas to a mode modern exterior, it can be an investment that can add comfort, space & value.

Not only can it improve day-to-day living, but it also boosts kerb appeal and creates a welcoming first impression for visitors and future buyer alike.

More space. More style. More value. All without the stress of moving.

If you know what you want or have no idea, but know it is not right, we are here to bring your vision to life or solve your confusion to help you on your journey to a better home.

We know our followers love a before and after pic. This ‘after’ picture was captured by Gary Parravani (Gary Parravani Xynamic), a dramatic motor racing photographer, who did some photographic experimentation of one of our projects in Datchet.

We love Farms & Barns – the charm, the complexity and the stories they tell. As a small, design-led architecture practic...
13/05/2026

We love Farms & Barns – the charm, the complexity and the stories they tell.

As a small, design-led architecture practice, we enjoy working across projects of every scale, heritage and contemporary, urban and rural, extensions and new-builds alike.

During a recent team meeting, as we shared updates on current projects, we realised just how may farm and barn-related projects are sitting on our drawing boards (and PCs!) right now.

That’s no coincidence.

Working on the Manor Farm project – a site shaped by listed status, conservation area constraints, Green Belt considerations and floor plain requirements – gave us the opportunity to combine creative thinking with technical expertise, including 2D & 3D visualisations.

More importantly, it reminded us how much we genuinely enjoy these projects.
There is something incredibly rewarding about helping clients unlock the potential of historic rural buildings and landscapes with care, imagination and sensitivity to their context.

In a challenging market, winning new work is never down to one thing alone. It’s a mix of relationships, conversations, recommendations, social media, visibility and trust built over time.

At Artichoke, we will never compromise on the quality of our design, the energy we bring to every project and every client conversation.

Do you have a unique farm, barn or heritage project in mind, or an idea needing careful design? Let’s chat, we’re always eager to hear about your vision.

Pictured here are Manor Farm (£8.5m); Honeywood Farm (£3m); Old Leighton Farm (£undisclosed); Ffiennes Farm (£undisclosed).

We're also working on further Farms & Barns on residential (barn) conversions.

Designing Without BoundariesAt Artichoke, we don’t believe in a signature style because great design should never be one...
06/05/2026

Designing Without Boundaries

At Artichoke, we don’t believe in a signature style because great design should never be one-size-fits-all.

Every project is a fresh conversation. Whether it’s strikingly modern, deeply traditional, or a thoughtful blend of both, our approach is always the same: listen first, design second.

We shape spaces around our clients’ aspirations while responding intelligently to the character, history, and constraints of each site. The result? Architecture that feels right visually, functionally and contextually.

No formulas. No repetition. Just purposeful, site-responsive design that tells your story.

Project: Church Farm by

Have a project in mind? Please get in touch today.

Opening up architecture 🏛️Most people only work with an architect once or twice — so why does it still feel so complex?R...
29/04/2026

Opening up architecture 🏛️

Most people only work with an architect once or twice — so why does it still feel so complex?

RIBA Berkshire is launching a series of talks and building visits to make architecture more accessible, transparent, and collaborative. From demystifying the design process to exploring how AI can support early-stage ideas, the programme brings people closer to how architecture really works.

At Artichoke, we’re proud to support this shift — championing clear communication, client engagement, and design as a shared journey.

Because better conversations lead to better buildings.

Read our full Blog to learn more about this RIBA series of talks over on our website https://www.artichoke-design.co.uk/opening-up-architecture-connecting-people-with-design-in-berkshire

If you’d like help to visualise how your house project could look, get in touch, we’d love to help.




22/04/2026

Virtual Reality can convey how you might feel

Sam Watts – an amazing graduate we employed for a couple of years – sent us this virtual image he’d created of one of our projects.

As the entire office was marvelling at it a magical piece of piano music was playing on the office stereo.

It immediately drew us into the picture. The glow of the evening sunlight making dappled patterns through the charming Crittal doors into the family’s evening routine. Who was sitting at the piano playing this beautiful music that captured our moment?

In many cases a simple black & white two-dimensional drawing can convey the physical building but it will never convey the mood or the feeling.

If you have a project and you’d like our help, please get in touch, we’d love to understand how you’d like to be feeling when your project is finished and you’re sitting there with music playing enjoying it.

The music, by the way, was The Earth Cries by Ron Adelaar, and we enjoyed the rest of the album!

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