We are passionate about what we do, from a simple piece of furniture to large scale public buildings.It matters not whether we are creating a piece of bespoke furniture or a large school building. Every project is precious and we take our client's trust in us very seriously. We are experienced and pragmatic, fresh thinking and innovative, we are Andrew Wood Associates.
Andrew Wood graduated from the Birmingham School of Architecture in 1993 with a first class bachelor of Arts degree, and in 1996 with a first class Bachelor of Architecture degree and Master of Architecture extension from University of Bath. Andrew was elected to the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1998 after passing his post graduate diploma in professional studies with distinction.
In 1996 Andrew Joined Foster & Partners and worked on numerous world class projects including the refurbishment of the grade one listed Willis Faber building, Cambridge Law Faculty, St Pancras International Terminal and the new Wembley Stadium. Andrew joined Sir Michael Hopkins in 1999 to assist in the construction of Manchester City Art Gallery, prior to setting up the practice. Andrew Wood Associates Architects was formally known as Curtis Wood Architects.
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- London and south east
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In everything I do, I seek quality. This manifests in the work I undertake and in the service I provide. I care about the little things as well as the big, from the smallest corner to the masterplan, I find delight in every detail. I love creating beautifully crafted solutions for my client's problems.
Our residential work is pretty varied, from rural family homes to city centre crash-pads. We create new builds and refurbishments, we work on listed buildings and in conservation areas. Whilst our work is varied, our approach is always the same. We make sure we properly listen to our clients. We question the brief, we test assumptions.
At the time of purchased, Steve & Karen's new home didn't work well. The ground floor was all but cut off from the rest of house, the spaces badly flowed and the garden was hard to access. We were asked to open the house up, modernise it, improve the relationship between the house and the garden and to create a family living zone over the bottom two floors that brought the family together, even when they were in different rooms or on different floors.We created openings in walls, removed sections of floor, created a balcony, a mezzanine and a window in the floor.
The clients Max and Diana, retired architects, chose Andrew Wood Associates from a not-so-short list of forty architects. They asked for their new home to be a contemporary and individual architectural piece; a home in which to display their art collection, and for the house to sit very comfortably within the rural environment.
The existing staircase sat in the middle of the building and dominated the plan. The rear bedrooms were all accessed from the half landings. What was a sizeable house felt small and pokey. We took the decision to relocate the staircase to the corner of the plot to free up the plan, to retain the front facade and rebuild the house behind.
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