Three decades designing homes for Midshire.
An established, well-respected practice designing homes — and the places around them — across Midshire and its neighbouring counties since 1995.
ArchFirm Chartered Architects was founded in 1995 by its principal, who already brought fifteen years' experience designing homes for the social and private housing sectors.
Three decades on, the practice is established, successful and highly respected. Residential work accounts for around 90% of our commissions, alongside a growing profile of commercial and industrial developments.
We work from studio offices at 1 Drawing Office Yard — a contemporary workspace the practice itself designed.
- Established
- 1995Established
- Years designing homes
- 30+Years designing homes
- Residential work
- ~90%Residential work
- Housing associations
- ~80%Housing associations
How we work
Good housing is the product of a hundred sensible decisions. We make them in close partnership with our clients and contractors, so that what looks right on the page is also buildable, affordable and genuinely good to live in.
Working in CAD across the whole team, we coordinate design and technical information carefully — testing layouts, daylight, space standards and detail — to protect quality and cost all the way to handover.
Principles that shape every scheme.
People-centred
Homes designed around the households who live in them, for every tenure and need.
Buildable by design
Detailed with contractors so schemes deliver cleanly on site.
Cost-conscious
Quality that respects tight social-housing and development budgets.
Place-aware
Buildings that sit well in their street, their setting and their community.
Sustainability
Sustainable design has long been part of how we work. We have delivered schemes to Code for Sustainable Homes Levels 3 and 4, incorporating a range of sustainable heating solutions.
A fabric-first mindset — well-insulated, well-built, efficient homes — keeps running costs down for residents and carbon down over a building's life.
- Code for Sustainable Homes Levels 3 & 4 delivered
- Fabric-first, low-energy design
- A range of sustainable heating solutions
- Buildable detailing that performs as designed
A close-knit team of architects, technologists and designers.
Led by two Chartered Architects and proficient throughout in computer-aided design, the studio brings together the full range of skills a scheme needs.
Chartered Architects
TwoLeading design and delivery across the practice's residential and commercial work.
Architectural Assistants
Developing designs and production information alongside the architects.
Architectural Technologist
Resolving the technical detail that makes a design buildable.
Interior Design Consultant
Shaping the spaces within — layouts, daylight, finishes and fittings.
Support Team
Secretarial and administrative staff keeping projects running smoothly.
In CAD throughout
The whole studio works in computer-aided design — from first concept through to construction detail.
Roles shown reflect the studio's make-up; individual profiles to be added.