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Helping businesses expand with the buildings they need

We often hear about businesses growing and expanding. A lot of the time this includes the need to extend existing premises or to expand into new facilities tailored to their needs.

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Renovating or refurbishing a home

Moving home isn’t the only choice homeowners have when wanting a change in the way they live, whether to upsize or just for a different layout in their accommodation. With a range of choices when it comes to the design, planning and build of properties, extending or renovating an existing home can be a cost effective option.

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Promoting careers to architects of the future in Wales

Young people are our future and we're very proud to be helping inspire the next generation of architects and associated archtectural, building design and consultancy professionals by taking part in the Powys Careers Fair.

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Career opportunities at Hughes Architects

Hughes Architects has vacancies for architects, architectural technologists and CAD technicians. Why not a join a great team at a growing building design and planning consultancy.

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Working with landowners to bring forward land for development

There’s a constant need for land to supply demand for homes and other properties within Powys, Shropshire and Ceredigion.

Quite often there aren’t enough or suitable brownfield sites to cater for such demand within existing planning boundaries. And so we work with landowners and developers to identify and bring forward such land.

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From building design to planning - we don’t just do drawings

As a homeowner looking to extend your property or maybe build a new house, you might think we just come up with a design and drawings based on your ideas and requirements. But we do a lot more.

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Commitment to “sustainable” wood in Powys council homes will be good for the region

A commitment to building and fitting-out future council homes in Powys with local, sustainable wood materials is welcome and will provide additional economic opportunities in the area, according to a local architect.

Powys County Council has revealed the adoption of a Wood Encouragement Policy as part of the Home Grown Homes Partnership. It will see sustainable wood used in all future council home building projects throughout the county.

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Design consideration needed to protect north Powys’ local environment and communities

Areas of north Powys are under threat from building projects that have no regard to their local environments, according to a local architect.

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Award nomination for another Hughes Architects building design

A social housing development designed by Hughes Architects has been nominated for an award. The Glan-y-Dwr development in Back Lane, Newtown, Powys is made up of the former Magistrates Court and Territorial Army headquarters.

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Doug Hughes, MD and principal architect at Hughes Architects

Hughes Architects announces expansion into Cardiff and South Wales

Mid Wales-based architects and planning consultancy, Hughes Architects, has revealed it is expanding into Cardiff as part of a growth strategy in South Wales.

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us unique

We approach each job differently, and treat all clients as individuals and every building as a one‑off.

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right direction

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