Selected projects

Six buildings, from a back extension to a boathouse

Each project has its numbers next to it: floor area, measured energy use, time on site and cost per square metre. We publish them because clients ask, and because they keep us honest.

CPCommon PurlinArchitects

General notes

Do not scale from this drawing. Use figured dimensions only.
Levels relative to FFL ±0.00 = +45.05 AOD.
All dimensions in millimetres unless noted otherwise.
Discrepancies to be reported to the architect before work proceeds.

New wallExistingHighlight

02.07.25

Stage 2 issue

ArchitectCommon Purlin

ProjectHalden Road Library

ClientWexmoor Borough Council

Scale1:100

SheetA-308

01Wexmoor Borough Council2024

Halden Road Library annex

Civic
CLT
Conservation area
Extension

CPCommon PurlinArchitects

General notes

Do not scale from this drawing. Use figured dimensions only.
All dimensions in millimetres unless noted otherwise.
Levels relative to FFL ±0.00 = +53.25 AOD.
Read with structural and services engineer’s drawings.

New wallExistingHighlight

B	26.07.24	Planning issue
C	27.08.24	Coordination

ArchitectCommon Purlin

ProjectLowther Street rear

ClientPrivate client, Hartwell

ScaleNTS

SheetA-512

02Private client, Hartwell2022

Lowther Street rear extension and retrofit

Residential
Extension
Retrofit
Brick

03Brackenford Makers Trust2023

Brackenford Dairy: 18 maker studios in a 1930s dairy

Adaptive reuse
Workspace
Locally listed
Concrete frame

CPCommon PurlinArchitects

General notes

Do not scale from this drawing. Use figured dimensions only.
Read with structural and services engineer’s drawings.
Discrepancies to be reported to the architect before work proceeds.
Existing structure shown hatched; new work shown solid.

New wallExistingHighlight

B	05.09.24	Planning issue
C	15.10.24	Coordination

ArchitectCommon Purlin

ProjectFernlea timber classroom

ClientFernlea Primary School

ScaleNTS

SheetA-511

04Fernlea Primary School2021

Fernlea timber classroom pavilion

Education
Prefabricated timber
Passivhaus standard

CPCommon PurlinArchitects

General notes

Do not scale from this drawing. Use figured dimensions only.
All dimensions in millimetres unless noted otherwise.
Read with structural and services engineer’s drawings.
Existing structure shown hatched; new work shown solid.

New wallExistingHighlight

C	13.04.25	Coordination
D	06.05.25	Tender issue

ArchitectCommon Purlin

ProjectOrchard Yard: cohousing

ClientOrchard Yard Cohousing Group

Scale1:500

SheetA-004

05Orchard Yard Cohousing Group2026

Orchard Yard: cohousing for 14 households

Housing
Cohousing
CLT
Passivhaus

CPCommon PurlinArchitects

General notes

Do not scale from this drawing. Use figured dimensions only.
Read with structural and services engineer’s drawings.
All dimensions in millimetres unless noted otherwise.
Levels relative to FFL ±0.00 = +31.93 AOD.

New wallExistingHighlight

B	11.01.25	Planning issue
C	15.01.25	Coordination

ArchitectCommon Purlin

ProjectMillrace rowing club

ClientKestle Rowing Club

Scale1:100

SheetA-201

06Kestle Rowing Club2020

Millrace rowing club boathouse

Sport
Flood resilience
Glulam
Riverside

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