We are Stonewood Design
We are an award-winning architectural practice,
with offices in Corsham and London
We received a RIBA National Award, for our project
Myrtle Cottage Garden Studio
This award celebrates architecture of the very highest level
The project demonstrates a sensitive approach to a
beautiful landscape setting
We were named BD Small Project Architect of the Year 2016
We are Stonewood Design
We received a RIBA National Award, for our project Myrtle Cottage Garden Studio in 2015. This award celebrates architecture of the very highest level. The project demonstrates a sensitive approach to a beautiful landscape setting.
We were named BD Small Project Architect of the Year 2016.
In 2019 we received a RIBA National Award for Kingswood Preparatory School and Nursery as well as a RIBA South West Project Architect of the Year Award.
In 2021 we won a RIBA National Award and a RIBA South West Sustainability Award for the Story of Gardening museum.
And in 2023 we received a RIBA South West Award for The Roman Villa Museum as well as a RIBA South West Project Architect of the Year Award.
“Are there sustainability lessons to learn from ancient buildings? Stonewood Design does the Romans with a museum and reconstructed villa at The Newt…………………
When it comes to low carbon ways of building, heating and cooling, there is a romantic but compelling idea that we can learn from the low tech methods of the past, of vernacular architecture. So a reconstruction of a Roman villa is surely one of those opportunities. To actually build such a villa, as Stonewood Design has done in Somerset, was a chance of a lifetime – and with it came the offer to do primary research in Pompeii alongside dedicated archaeologists and curators, and to source local materials the Romans would have used. There was a huge amount to learn………………
Much was learnt during the project from expeditions to Pompeii and other Roman villa reconstructions in Europe. Tricks for drainage, door details and decoration were picked up by Stonewood Design founder Nicola du Pisanie. But there were also lessons on the importance of solidity and craftsmanship, and how tricky making a working hypocaust is – learnt as the project gathered pace at stage 4, on a visit that included the practice’s sister company Stonewood Builders and the quantity surveyor.”
Eleanor Young, RIBA Journal, August 2022.
We work by listening.
We listen to the stories of the place, the context, the history, the craft and the materials.
Delicious House
67 High Street
Corsham
Wiltshire
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Stonewood Design is the trading name of Stonewood Design Ltd.
Company Number 12222871.
Stonewood Design is a RIBA Chartered Practice.
We are ISO 9001 and 14001 accredited.