Felix Road complete!
Well done Tuai for doing such a good job at Felix Road! We achieved planning permission for Tuai to convert a charming old brick bakery...
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Oct 16
Slad Road - Two eco-homes on a hill
We have secured planning permission for two new eco-homes on a challenging site in Stroud. The client came to us after having a previous...
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Sep 10
Withleigh Road
Really pleasing to see our clients Andrew and Madi living in their new and improved home. This project involved a ground floor single...
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Apr 5
Help Keep Bridge Farm Community Owned!
The Bridge Farm Community in Bristol have set up a Crowdfunder to raise money to help ensure that the farm is kept within community...
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Feb 5
Hazel Tree House is featured on Ben Adam-Smith's House Planning Help podcast
If you are interested in self build, and environmentally conscious self build in particular, we would highly recommend tuning in to Ben...
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Jan 26
Josh featured on Ben Adam-Smith's House Planning Help podcast
If you are interested in self build, and environmentally conscious self build in particular, we would highly recommend tuning in to Ben...
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Nov 29, 2023
Best Eco Home - GreenTrace are 2023 Build It Awards Winners!
Hazel Tree Passive House has won the 'Best Eco-home' category at the 2023 Build It Awards. Wahooo! The judges praised the design for its...
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Oct 3, 2023
Josh is now a Certified Passive House Designer!
Our passion is "high-performance, low impact, elegant design". The Passive House standard is a proven method for achieving construction...
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Aug 17, 2023
Bridge Farm Co-Housing Street: GreenTrace win the design competition!
GreenTrace Architect have won a design competition for a low impact, one-planet, self-build, co-housing scheme at the community...
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Aug 17, 2023
Bridge Farm Co-housing Street: Planning submitted following an organic community design proccess
We have recently submitted an outline planning application for a community-led, one-planet co-housing scheme at the fascinating urban...
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Jul 14, 2023
Fawley Passive House: Passive House Certification Received!
It's official. Fawley Passive House has received the Passive House Classic certificate! This is the first project I have designed that...
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Jul 4, 2023
Emma & Rupert's Eco-Home: an oasis in the city
I am reaching the age when many of my friends require the services of an architect. Friends are finally buying their own homes and ask me...
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Jun 12, 2023
3D CAD Model Example Video
The video below shows an example 3D CAD model that we would typically produce as part of an initial Concept & Feasibility Study.
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Mar 16, 2023
Our Self Build Eco-Home is featured on The Green Register
Me and my partner's self-build eco-home in Bristol was featured on the Green Register's 'Twilight Talk' this week. I gave a 1-hour...
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Sep 25, 2022
Our Self Build Eco-Home: Technical Design, Budgeting, Banks & Warranties
Technical Design Much has happened on our self-build eco-home at Belfry Alley since our last blog post. After receiving planning consent...
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Apr 25, 2022
Fawley Passive House: Natural building materials
Using materials that are derived from plants can create healthier, non toxic environments with minimal, if not positive impacts on...
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Feb 2, 2022
Our Self Build Eco Home: buying a plot and obtaining planning
Bring on 2022! We have just received planning permission for our own self-build home in Bristol and are super excited to start building....
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Jan 2, 2022
Fawley Passive House: Design process
This new home, in many ways, exemplifies the ideal project for GreenTrace Architect: a modest yet joyous passive house built with low...
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Nov 28, 2021
Josh's Cabin on George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
Sometimes I reminisce about living in the cabin. Gratefully, George Clarkes Amazing Spaces recorded some good video footage of it. They...
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Nov 14, 2021
Sun-stack Grow Homes - a blueprint for resilient & sustainable communities in 2030.
In the wake of COP 26, GreenTrace Architect have been busy working on a new type of housing model; a model for resilient, adaptable, and...
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Oct 24, 2021
Mycelium construction materials
I have become fascinated by mycelium - the network of vegetative threads that aid fungi to decompose organic compounds. It is becoming...
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Sep 8, 2021
North Somerset Barn Conversion Complete!
GreenTrace Architect are delighted to see the clients moving in to their new home; an energy efficient barn conversion in North Somerset....
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Jul 11, 2021
Bristol Buddhist Centre Renovation
GreenTrace Architect have been helping the trustees of the Bristol Buddhist Centre on Gloucester Road with the design of a new entrance...
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Jul 10, 2021
Fox Cottage - proposal to convert a basement garage to a new home
Some sites present more challenges than others. This project for a new dwelling converted from a basement garage at the foot of sloped...
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