Studio — bindloss dawes

At the centre of our approach is the desire to produce beautifully crafted and thoughtful architecture.

We work collaboratively with our clients to deliver buildings and spaces that sensitively serve their needs, whilst striving for permanence and quality. Our work balances urban and rural sensibilities, with a track record of delivering complex and celebrated residential and cultural architecture.

Since opening our Bruton-based practice in 2018, we have undertaken projects across the United Kingdom, Europe and the Caribbean, including new build and retrofitted family homes, community retreats and creative studios. We enjoy working with natural and sustainable materials, and have a network of trusted specialist designers and makers to help us realise our projects, creating beautiful places for our clients to treasure.

Our team

George Dawes

George qualified as a Chartered Architect in 2003, having studied at the University of Cambridge and University College London. As well as working in architecture practices in New York, Taiwan and Cairo, George delivered several award-winning buildings in London from 2002-2016. George has also worked on a number of public realm projects in East London and has taught Architecture and Design at the Royal College of Art and Kingston University.

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Oliver Bindloss

Oliver qualified as a Chartered Architect in 2009, having studied Architecture at Oxford Brooks University and the University of Westminster. Oliver delivered a number of award-winning buildings at Jamie Fobert Architects, including Levring House (RIBA House of the Year, 2015) and Kettle’s Yard (RIBA and Civic Trust award winner, 2019). Oliver has been a visiting critic to many architecture schools and ran a design studio at the Royal College of Art.

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Fawn Ma

Fawn qualified as an Architect in 2015, having studied Architecture at Mendrisio in Switzerland and Bath University. She has worked for several celebrated architecture practices, including Jamie Fobert and Duggan Morris and is an experienced project Architect with a passion for design. At Bindloss Dawes, Fawn is currently working on our Bruton restaurant/hotel project, and our farm/community restoration project in Hampshire.

Dan Ryder

Dan studied Architecture at Kingston University and was nominated for the prestigious RIBA Bronze medal in 2019. He also has a physics degree from Cambridge University and has worked as a cabinet maker, giving him a meticulous, craft-led approach to design. At Bindloss Dawes, Dan is working on two sizeable glasshouse projects, a low-cost eco-house in Dorset, as well as residential and office projects in Somerset and the Cotswolds.

Oliver Ciolli

Oliver studied Architecture at Kingston University, qualifying with a first-class degree in 2022. Having worked with us for over eighteen months he has developed a wealth of experience working on a variety projects, including our new gallery in Mayfair, a nine unit housing scheme in Somerset, as well as private residential projects in Somerset and the Cotswolds.

Lauren Niven

Lauren studied Architecture at Kingston University, qualifying with a first-class degree in 2023. She is working on a wide range of projects in the office, assisting with design and detailing through modelling and drawing.

Selected press

General Press

Architecture Today Materials Library

Osip Restaurant

Old School House

Home & Interiors Scotland

Chelsea Mews

Autobarn

Our journal

Featured

Old School House - Awards and Publications

A summary of Old School House's publications and awards, including a prestigious RIBA Award and Winner at the British Home Awards 2024

William Stansell Award Winner 2023

We are delighted to have won a William Stansell award for our Autobarn in Nunney, Somerset

Chelsea Mews House Press + Publications

Our refurbishment of a house in Chelsea launched Summer 2023, in Dezeen, Enki and other publications

Autobarn Press & Publications

Our Autobarn project launched Spring 2023, in Wallpaper, Dezeen and other publications

Beautiful, Affordable, Sustainable Architecture

This journal post describes our research into creating architecture that is simultaneously beautiful, affordable and sustainable.

Brass Doors - from Bruton to Barbados

This journal post follows the story of our big brass doors, from the development of an idea, to their completion in a wintery Somerset barn and finally their installation under a relentless Bajan sun.

'Paragraph 79' Planning Permission

We have been awarded planning permission for Upbrook House, in the Wiltshire countryside, under the onerous ‘Paragraph 79 clause’ of the National Planning Policy Framework.

Rethinking Rural Architecture

"An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by a buttress, and what by a dome." John Ruskin

Working with old buildings

We venerate old buildings not just for their quality, but for the history of their life and of those that have inhabited them, etched upon their fabric.

In praise of Low-cost Architecture

We belief that the constraint of a low budget necessitates a different kind of creativity that often leads to unexpected and truly innovative architecture.