How to make our homes healthy - another great presentation by Austin Design Works. Whether it’s a deep retrofit you need or advice on building from scratch we are here for you. Contact us today to see how we can help.

Read a recent article published in Cotswold Living about Landscape Architect and professional garden designer, Rachel Austin.

A beautiful garden created by Rachael Austin is now complete…

Community Sports Clubhouse Planning Consent

As a practice we say we are bold, but maybe we mean brave, and we need these amazing people to work with us, because they push the boundaries of what is expected in terms of design, planning and performance and make the brave choice.

Changes to the planning legislation in favour of biodiversity net gain come into force in November 2023. This promises to make a huge impact on planning applications submitted under the Town and Country Planning Act.

A day out to Malvern has driven Assistant Landscape Architect Eliza Wimperis to look further into the exciting possibility of us producing our very own show garden next year.

Rachael and Eliza join the Landscape Institute Gloucestershire Hub walk for charity

A family garden designed during lock down is now finished.

A lunchtime team outing to a finished landscape project in the beautiful Somerset countryside.

Autumn is the best time to plant bulbs which are one of the easiest garden plants to grow, needing only a well-drained, humus rich soil and some sunshine. If your soil type isn’t perfect, they work really well in pots, simply incorporate grit for sand with your growing mixture.

Sustainability is a hot topic these days, especially after the heatwaves we have been experiencing for the past few months.

Tying together environmental, social and economic sustainability, the architecture and landscape at Westonbirt Arboretum have intertwined and successfully integrated. Find out more in this account of our recent visit to the Arboretum.

Lessons in life, and design, are best learnt when enjoying a pint. At least, that’s what the team agreed when we got to embark on a long-overdue project visit to Stroud Brewery at the beginning of May. Austin Design Works helped Stroud Brewery gain planning permission for their new home way back in 2017 and thought it was about time to see how the building measures up to our original designs.

For many companies planning to develop or improve a site, landscape design is a finishing touch to a building project. However, involving a landscape architect from the very beginning can be transformative for a project.

If you’ve worked with us at all in the last year or so, chances are that we’ve mentioned the 2030 Climate Challenge. At least, we hope that’s the case because we’re really making an effort to bring the topic of how we’re addressing the climate crisis into every conversation we have!

We all love a barn. And the transformations can be really exciting, taking quite some vision to imagine what might become of, frankly, pretty shoddy beginnings.

Since we moved into The Old Warehouse in 2005 it has seen plenty of changes, transformed initially from a gallery and studio to our office space and flat. But this is a 125-year-old industrial building at heart; what needs to happen to make it energy-efficient, how much would that cost, and should we improve or move?

Complex projects such as Paragraph 80, Green Belt replacement dwellings and those within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty or Conservation Area require a coordinated approach to planning.

We are proud to have sponsored and taken part in the retrofit event that took place in Stroud in early September, attracting a huge number of people interested in improving the energy efficiency of their homes, including our local MP Siobhan Baillie.