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Show the thinking, not just the finish.

Good residential architecture is not only the finished photograph. The useful story is the brief, the constraint, the options considered and the decision that made the home work better.

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Historic residential coordinated elevation drawings, anonymised and presented in monochrome.

Project evidence · Real work only

Featured work

Quality before quantity.

This portfolio will grow as Love projects move through design, planning, technical development and completion. Only genuine, attributable project material belongs here.

Project Types
  • Brief

    What was the homeowner trying to change?

  • Constraint

    What made the project difficult, interesting or specific to that home?

  • Decision

    What architectural move changed the outcome and why?

Before / after / why

The strongest proof is often the change in thinking.

01 / 04

Existing condition

Show the home as it was and the problem that needed solving.

02 / 04

Options

Show the meaningful alternatives considered rather than only the final answer.

03 / 04

Decision

Explain why the preferred direction was chosen.

04 / 04

Outcome

Show how the approved, technical or completed result improved the home where genuine evidence exists.

Before / after / why

Existing condition

Show the home as it was and the problem that needed solving.

01 / 04

Historic residential existing floor plan drawing, anonymised and presented in monochrome.

Before / after / why

Options

Show the meaningful alternatives considered rather than only the final answer.

02 / 04

Historic residential proposed ground floor plan drawing, anonymised and presented in monochrome.

Before / after / why

Decision

Explain why the preferred direction was chosen.

03 / 04

Historic residential loft and technical plan drawing, anonymised and presented in monochrome.

Before / after / why

Outcome

Show how the approved, technical or completed result improved the home where genuine evidence exists.

04 / 04

Historic residential coordinated elevation drawings, anonymised and presented in monochrome.
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The drawing is part of the work

Design thinking should be visible.

Plans, sections, sketches and option studies are not backstage clutter. Used carefully, they show how a decision developed and why the final proposal looks and works the way it does.

Architectural Drawings

01 · Existing

Start with the problem.

Record the existing home and the constraint that shaped the brief.

Existing

Historic residential existing floor plan drawing, anonymised and presented in monochrome.

02 · Explore

Test more than one credible direction.

Show the alternatives that reveal the important trade-offs.

Options

Historic residential proposed ground floor plan drawing, anonymised and presented in monochrome.

03 · Resolve

Choose the move that best answers the brief.

Make the decision legible rather than presenting it as inevitable.

Decision

Historic residential loft and technical plan drawing, anonymised and presented in monochrome.

04 · Develop

Carry the idea into planning and technical information.

The design should remain coherent as the drawings become more detailed.

Development

Historic residential coordinated elevation drawings, anonymised and presented in monochrome.

Let’s start with a conversation

Every project begins differently.

Tell us what is not working, what you are considering and what you want the home to become. We can help shape the first useful move.

Start With Your Home