Elevating residential architecture through considered placemaking.
Our residential experience spans from the architectural design of high-density, Private Rented Sector (PRS) and Build to Rent (BTR) apartment complexes and bespoke rural homes to award-winning residential masterplans and retrofitting existing homes.
Regardless of the typology or service offered, our approach as residential architects is always underpinned by a commitment to placemaking and sustainability. This ensures high-quality homes for residents, now and long into the future.
Our recent work in the Residential sector spans from affordable, designed to Passivhaus homes in Manchester for MSV to an award-winning masterplan to regenerate and deliver 263 new homes in Sale West, Trafford.
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Client Testimonial
“Moor Lane, Bolton is a major project and involved a major effort. The response, involvement and commitment from AEW has been fantastic. It really has felt like a team effort between AEW, Bolton at Home, Step Places and the rest of the design team. It’s clear that AEW have led this process and that the central core design concept was driven by them.”Dominic Conway Group Director of Development & Growth (Bolton at Home)
- Kings Street, Manchester - refurbishment and conversion of a listed building into 24 apartments
- Moor Lane, Bolton - regeneration of Bolton town centre and the delivery of 208 mixed-tenure homes
Residential Projects
Sale West Masterplan Community-led regeneration
Residential
RMH Evelina, London A home away from home in London
Residential
The Trilogy, Manchester A landmark building for a gateway site
Residential
King Street, Manchester Grade II Listed luxury living in Manchester
Residential
Our Residential Experts
Our Residential team's skills span architecture, masterplanning, retrofit and refurbishment as well as Passivhaus design. Many have been working in the industry for over 20 years and bring an in depth knowledge of standards, emerging legislation and trends that can be applied for the benefit of all our housing projects.
Colin Savage
Commercial Director
Colin specialises in the residential sector with a focus on the design of housing, sustainable refurbishment and the regeneration of communities. His work spans both the private and public sector for developers, contractors, registered providers and local authorities. Colin is a Fellow of the CIAT and is heavily involved in encouraging the next generation of Architectural Technologists into the industry. Colin also oversees all aspects of Commercial Management on behalf of the practice.
Ben Robinson
Associate Director
Ben leads a team working across a diverse range of sectors on behalf of the practice. Ben himself specialises in residential design with experience spanning from bespoke individual dwellings to large scale masterplanning. He has delivered several notable schemes during his career, including a RIBA Regional Award and Housing Design Award winning later living scheme. Ben also designed one of the first integrated hubs in the UK – a unique facility combining extra-care living with a primary care facility and a range of community services. Within the practice Ben helps drive best practice in design.
Ross Huntingdon
Associate Director
During his career Ross has worked with some of our longest standing clients. He has been leading our growing portfolio of refurbishment work in the residential sector including Retrofit and Building a Safer Future commissions. His experience spans multiple projects and includes Higher Risk Buildings. His team are currently looking to improve over 1,000 homes as part of our Retrofit drive.
Dan Sutton
Associate / Passive House Designer
Dan has worked across a wide range of project sectors from inception to completion - gaining particular strengths in the concept and design development stages. With a keen eye for detail, Dan’s project delivery skills are consistently of a high quality. He now works extensively in the residential sector and, with a combined interest in sustainability, became a Certified Passive House Designer in 2022.
Ben Smith
Associate
Ben has delivered large, complex projects with challenging briefs across a variety of sectors. He welcomes complex client requirements and the challenge of maximising a difficult projects potential. Having successfully delivered schemes of varying scales, Ben has the knowledge and experience required to interrogate early-stage designs and develop considered and well resolved proposals for planning and tender information.
David James
Senior Architect / Conservation Architect
David works across all AEW's sectors plus specialist ecclesiastical work. David’s heritage specialism leads to a varied role within the practice, ranging from leading large-scale commissions on or affecting protected structures to providing specialist advisory services. In recent years, David also helped develop AEW’s retrofit portfolio, overseeing the delivery of technically complex recladding and refurbishment commissions nationwide.
