Overview
Built circa 1880s Rock Cottage was originally 2 separate cottages recently amalgamated to form a single dwelling.
The cottage had been enlarged previously with a two storey extension to the North and a single storey flat roof extension to the South. Neither of which related architecturally to the original cottage.
Clients Brief
To refurbish the original cottage to reflect its parsimonious past and to extend sympathetically to suit the lifestyle of the new owners namely
Planning drawings were submitted to The Forest of Dean in March of this year with a determination date of 29th April 2016
The Planning Officer visited the property early in the process and was appraised of the background and reason for the design.
To date there have been no objections received from neighbours nor The Parish Council.
Best Change of Use of an Existing Building or Conversion, Best Individual New Home, Best Partnership with a Local Authority Building Control Team.
Our Best Individual New Home entry is for 1 Pound Drive, Fishponds, Bristol. Take a look at our completion photos below.
Maddox design Ltd have been appointed to undertake the Planning Application for a new extension to the existing laundry building at St. Monicas Trust in Bristol.
Specialising in architectural design Maddox Design Ltd was formed in 2000 by Paul Maddox an Architectural Technologist with over 30 years experience in commercial, retail and residential projects.
Our team are proud to have worked on so many interesting projects in Bristol and the surrounding areas.
This month we’re celebrating our one year anniversary in our new office! We thought it would be interesting to look at the history of the site and show how it has evolved.
The above photographs show the site circa 1960’s and 1970’s being used as a grocery store with accommodation above. Due to the poor state of repair it was demolished in order to build our new office.
Visit our office today
Maddox Design Ltd
315 Two Mile Hill Road
Kingswood
Bristol
BS15 1AP
to enquire and find out what we can do for you!
Computers have today completely revolutionised the work of designers. Efficiency and speed have increased dramatically, as well as the ease at which communication is possible. For example, previously, working on drawings was time consuming and it took even longer to work on revisions.
In generating the actual component model, Computer-Aided Design (CAD designs) works alongside Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM numerical coding) in operating the machine that generates the desired product.
Computer-Aided Manufacturing or CAM generates physical models, a very useful feature when manufacturers need to check a component or part for proper fit against other parts.
The Importance of CAD Software
Computer-Aided Design is an innovative computer technology that helps in technical drafting and drawing of products including buildings. Experts use it in the development of 3D drawings of their architectural designs, although its core function is creating 3D solid and surface models including 2D vector-based models.
Manufacturers are employing the capabilities of CAD to look at a particular component part and its designs prior to its production. This aids in checking for defects and if necessary in the re-designing.
Software Considerations
While obtaining free downloads and demos are useful methods of exploring your software options, it is to the best interest of your company to invest some resources in the more expensive versions of the software. Establishing the most suitable software for your company specific application needs calls for some planning and forethought. What you can achieve with software from a free download will be limited, hence why it is important to consider a bigger financial investment in line with your application requirements in Bristol.
Conclusion
Today, Computer-Aided Design systems are accessible in all the major online platforms such as Mac OS X, Linux, Windows and UNIX. Several of the packages will even support and are compatible with multiple platforms. As of now, you don’t require any special hardware for operating most CAD software. Nevertheless, some of the CAD systems can perform computationally and graphically intensive tasks, and that’s why it may be recommended that you acquire a high speed CPU, an advanced graphics card and larger RAM capacities.
