Granta Architects has joined CAR and we are now able to offer full architectural services. We work with private individuals, corporate clients and public sector bodies to produce sustainable developments that are fully compliant with the requirements of conservation.

We have a commitment to design excellence, seek to develop a close working relationship with every client, and aim to achieve innovative responses to the brief and a high level of architectural detailing.  We are always sensitive to the architectural and natural environment as well as to the needs of the client.

Construction has a major role to play in sustainable development. Buildings are responsible for nearly half of the energy used and carbon dioxide emissions produced in the UK. Huge quantities of materials are used every year for new buildings and refurbishing older buildings, and around a third of all waste material sent to landfill sites comes from construction and demolition.

Every new building increases the pressure on the natural environment because of land-take, new demand for energy and water in use, consumption of natural resources for materials, and the waste arising during construction.

There are major opportunities for improving the efficiency of new buildings. There are often alternatives to using hazardous materials, opportunities for improving energy and water efficiency, ways to reduce or avoid waste in construction, and options to bring back into useful service land and buildings that have been abandoned in the past.

There are also major opportunities for cutting the carbon dioxide produced by existing buildings, so helping to address climate change. When new building work is combined with refurbishment, potential energy savings from improving the existing building usually exceed the gains achievable in new buildings.

For more details see the [Granta website.]

Selected Projects for Listed Buildings

The Almshouse, Little Thurlow
Old Bake House, Great Chishill
The Old Vicarage, Haslingfield
Angle End, Great Wilbraham
Haverhill Hall
Home Farm, Babraham
Ditton Corner, Fen Ditton
Upper House Farm, Steeple Bumpstead
Wolfe Hall, Barrow
Anchor Cottage, Holywell
Long Lane Farm, Warmington
48 Maid’s Causeway, Cambridge
17 Brook Street, Elsworth
The Old Vicarage, Great Hormead
The Almshouse, Little Thurlow
The Granary, Commercial End
The Folly, Six Mile Bottom
Wymondham House, Brooklands Ave
The Old Rectory, Yelling
Old Oxgate Farm, Neasden
26 High St, Barrington
1 The Causeway, Elsworth
Grove Cottage, Ashdon
St John’s Barn, Horningsea
10 Duck Street, Elton
Mill Yard, Childerley
Paradise Cottage, Great Wratting
Berrycroft, Willingham

 

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