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Petersfield Architects

George & James Architects are celebrated architects based near Petersfield. We design homes and buildings that we can all be delighted by – healthy, happy places that are kind to you and sustainably created to be kind to our planet.

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Petersfield RIBA Chartered Architects

At George & James we believe that every building design should make you feel good – whether it’s your home, your studio, workplace, or perhaps a cafe or restaurant. The architectural design should be functional and simple, understated yet beautiful.

Our design team have worked on a variety of projects, offering invaluable experience, from private residential homes, including renovations, extensions and new build; multiple unit housing schemes; commercial retail and office designs; we have even worked on a public library scheme and the café at Westminster Abbey! Our different perspectives and experiences bring a great deal to the design process, and we love bouncing ideas off each other and putting our heads together when a problem seems particularly tricky.

With every design project we listen before we do anything. We come to your project with open eyes and ears, and with curiosity, care and honesty. To this we add our professional architectural design knowledge and experience from the variety of projects we have worked on throughout out career, all inspiring us and pushing us a little further.

If you’re excited about a design crafted exactly for you and your needs we’d love to talk. On the other hand, if you’re not too bothered about what your building will look like or how it will make you feel, then we’re probably not the architects for you.

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Diverse design experience

Across the George & James team we have a great variety of design experience, we are skilled at designing projects at all scales, from large mixed-use commercial developments, museums, public library, new homes or a sympathetic renovation. As architects we use our in-depth design knowledge, honed over our years of practice, and bring it into every new architectural project.

We do work across the UK and our projects take us all over – if the project is a good fit for us we will work just about anywhere! Having said that, we do enjoy working close to our studio in Sussex and the majority of our work is clustered around Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and London.

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Client Testimonials.

  • “George and James Architects have created a light, open and sociable space – a new focal point for the house and our family, and exactly what we were looking for. Their management of the whole process, from initial designs, through to planning approval and then the build itself was seamless and efficient.”

    Aled & Francesca, Clissold Crescent

  • “Our architects have created a simple and comfortable extension which has transformed the house. We valued their ability to work within our limited budget without cutting corners or compromising the design. They were unfailingly helpful and responsive to our needs and we are very happy with the results.”

    Arlington Avenue, James and Effric

  • “We wanted to express such deep thanks and gratitude to all those at George and James that have made our ‘summer auction purchase’ the most spectacular set of buildings and most importantly a place to bring up our children – a home beyond anything we imagined when we bought our burnt down site in 2020. We have also thoroughly appreciated how George and James have pulled it all together, from dealing with the planners, the design team and the contractor, all the hard inches that can easily be forgotten when it’s all complete and incredible. You are such a fantastic team with a wonderful set of values and work ethic.”

    Homeowner

  • “I am an architect myself with a lifetime’s experience and George and James is the firm I picked to work with to support me in every aspect of a significant personal project. I picked them because they understand what it takes to make a really good building. They understand their business, they are up to date and they do what they say they will do. They are, in my experience, completely reliable. They have an exact knowledge of the project and always seem to anticipate issues before they become a problem as well as instantly recall exactly how something should be done. They are attentive to budget and programme, thorough in providing and coordinating information, and inventive and sensible about how detail is both developed and carefully integrated into an architectural composition. As a client, I have found them to be calm and consistent, positive and patient and a pleasure to work with.”

    Graham Morrison – The Farmhouse

  • “Simon was both friendly and professional in equal measure — the perfect balance, in our opinion.”

    Arturas, client and long-time collaborator