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PAD studio

Grounded in Place and People, We create sustainable places and spaces that nurture the soul. Our core team has been working together for over 10 years.

PAD studio is an award winning, young architectural practice working on a diverse range of projects. We provide full architecture, master-planning and interior design services for both the public and private sectors in collaboration with a diverse network of craftspeople and enthusiastic consultants. Sustainability is our passion and we have just completed our first PassivHaus. We work closely wit

h our clients to establish strong relationships, delivering to the client crafted and beautiful buildings that surpass expectations and are unique to each client and their site. We are inspired by nature, people, art and music – always seeking to imbue our work with additional meaning and richness. We believe that quality and value contemporary architecture can be delivered even at the smallest scale. We have a depth and breadth of experience acquired through many years of practice and collaboration. PAD studio has a flexible support team that assists us throughout the process of design and construction and we regularly collaborate with experienced consultants, experts and academics to facilitate and enhance our working practices and business development.

21/05/2026

We’re excited to share the beginnings of our journey at Green Oaks, nestled on the edge of the New Forest. This project is rooted in a landscape shaped by centuries of stewardship, where ancient woodland, rolling commons, and farmsteads create a unique sense of place.

Our table is alive with sketches—each one a conversation, a possibility, a step towards a new home that sits lightly within its surroundings. We’re exploring how architecture can respond to the land’s history, the views across Cranborne Chase, and the rhythms of daily life. The design is evolving through lively discussions, balancing practicality, beauty, and sustainability.

As we progress and reshape these ideas towards a planning application, we invite you to follow along, share your thoughts, and be part of the story. What qualities do you value most in a home connected to nature? Let us know in the comments!

19/05/2026

Grounded in people as much as place.
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Our team series celebrates the individuals whose skills, values and experiences help shape PAD studio’s work — both in and beyond the studio.
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Since joining PAD studio in 2021, Jen has brought a thoughtful, inquisitive approach to practice as an Architect and certified PassivHaus Designer. Working across a range of residential projects along the Dorset coast — from contemporary extensions and one‑off homes to multi‑unit housing and apartment schemes — Jen’s work reflects a deep commitment to quality, sustainability and care for how people live.
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Driven by a passion for sustainable design, Jen now supports the studio’s Post‑Occupancy research, helping us question how buildings perform in real life and how we can continue to learn, evolve and design better homes for the future.
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Fascinated by phenomenological theory and the way people experience space, Jen embodies our belief that even the most constrained brief or site holds the potential for beauty. By questioning materials, techniques and outcomes, Jen helps unlock homes that are both emotionally enriching and economically sound. We celebrate the question — because it leads to thoughtful, sustainable and lasting design.
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Away from the studio, a love of vintage design, strawberry laces, and exploring the Jurassic Coast with family offers a reminder that curiosity and joy underpin meaningful creativity.
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13/05/2026

A campus as an ecotone — a living edge where architecture and nature grow together. Scroll through to explore our proposal for the Hummingbird Lab with the RAI.

Petal‑like timber pods form a flexible, low‑carbon kit of parts: demountable, adaptable, and designed to evolve over time.
Gathered around a shared heart anchored by a tree, the campus supports collaboration, learning and community. Between the pods, biodiverse landscapes and flowing water turn nature into teacher.

A joyful, regenerative environment shaped by the 5 C’s at the heart of Hummingbird’s vision — nurturing curiosity, courage and connection for an unpredictable future.

07/05/2026

Grounded in people as much as place.
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Our team series celebrates the individuals whose skills, values and experiences help shape PAD studio’s work — both in and beyond the studio.
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As Creative Manager & Architect at PAD studio, Collette brings curiosity, care and a deeply collaborative spirit to everything she does. Alongside her design leadership in the studio, she is passionate about supporting future generations of creatives.
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Collette has been a long‑standing mentor with SPUD, a charity working at the intersection of art, architecture and education to build confidence, skills and opportunity within communities. She also shares her experience as a guest critic at Arts University Bournemouth, contributing thoughtful insight and encouragement to emerging designers.
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Away from the drawing board, Collette is currently taking on a personal challenge — training from couch to 10 miles for the Great South Run this October. It’s a reminder that growth, commitment and belief in the process matter as much outside the studio as they do within it.
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From practice to education (and the starting line), Collette’s work reflects our shared belief that architecture — and life — can nurture people, place and possibility.
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08/04/2026

At Fearne Hill, our first moves were not about form, but about listening — walking the land, understanding its patterns, boundaries and long views, and learning where architecture could quietly belong rather than assert itself.

These early studies explore how a building might be drawn into the ground, shaped by topography, hedgerows and historic field lines, with landscape flows restored so that structures recede and biodiversity leads. Sketching, cutting, embedding and testing — a process of reduction rather than addition.

As we move forward toward submitting a Paragraph 84e application, the design ambition is clear - To create architecture of exceptional quality that is inseparable from its setting.Enhancing the land by becoming part of it.

This is not about an object in the countryside, but about architecture as landscape. Check our Link in Bio for more!

02/04/2026

At New Forest Park, the landscape is not something that sits behind the architecture, but the quiet presence that leads it. This project is fundamentally landscape-led: restoring openness, veteran oaks and long views, and strengthening ecological networks across grassland, water and woodland through Kim Wilkie’s Landscape Masterplan.

Alongside the careful restoration of historic estate structures The Dairy and Park Cottage, PAD studio is also designing a contemporary new Estate Yard – the future working heart from which this remarkable parkland will be managed and cared for.

The proposal, submitted under Paragraph 84, was described by the Case Officer as “outstanding and innovative” and as “enhancing the landscape”.

Read our full Insight on landscape, stewardship and long-term resilience via the link in our bio and stories.

Architecture:
Landscape: Kim Wilkie
Planning: Rob Hughes
Structures: Price & Myers

27/03/2026

As the first step in the wider masterplan for New Forest Park, the approved Paragraph 84e project—delivered in collaboration with —marks the beginning of a new era for this remarkable landscape.

The Estate Yard will become the low‑embodied‑carbon, sustainably crafted base from which the park’s regeneration will unfold. Thoughtfully designed to support day‑to‑day operations, it will provide the essential foundations needed to restore, protect, and reimagine the historic New Forest estate.

From conserving ancient parkland to nurturing future habitats, the Estate Yard sets the tone for a bold and responsible vision of stewardship. As the first new building in the estate’s transformation, it will offer a functional yet beautiful hub for the teams dedicated to caring for the land, heritage, and future of the park. Simple, practical, and rooted in sustainable craftsmanship—this space represents a long‑term commitment to regeneration done the right way.

21/03/2026

We are pleased that our collaborative New Forest Park – a Paragraph 84e project – was given a unanimous support vote at this week’s planning committee. Working with to activate this historic New Forest estate has taken a considered, forensic and thorough approach.

Alongside the new interventions, the careful adaptation of the listed buildings – The Park and The Dairy – sits at the heart of this vision. Here, craft becomes a quiet but powerful form of storytelling: celebrating age‑old details, revealing traces of past lives, and working with the fabric that has stood for generations.

These buildings are not being overwritten; they are being listened to.
The committee praised the scheme for its sensitivity and clarity, recognising the meticulous approach needed to breathe new life into heritage structures while preserving their character. We’re thrilled that planning approval has been secured, allowing these buildings to continue their narrative with purpose and care.

By embracing craft as a guiding principle, the project bridges history and future — showing how thoughtful adaptation can protect what we cherish while making space for new beginnings.

We look forward to sharing more as this remarkable estate evolves.

17/03/2026

At PAD Studio, we believe that the future of sustainable architecture lies not only in new technologies, but in craft—in the quiet, careful, deeply human act of making.

Our New Forest Park a Paragraph 84e project is shaped by this philosophy. Our input on restoring the listed Cottage and Dairy in the wider context of reactivating this historic estate. Worked with the careful detailing and craft so that they are designed to breathe with their environments. The tactile materials chosen for longevity and repair, and the low carbon strategies that work with nature rather than against it.

Craft isn’t just a design choice. It’s a low carbon practice. It’s a way to slow down, to value the hand of the maker, and to create buildings that feel alive, rooted, and responsible.

And as the climate shifts, our buildings must shift too—ventilating naturally, responding to seasons, allowing people to feel connected to the landscape.

Homes that breathe are homes that endure.

Scroll through for an insight into the process behind reactivating the Dairy for the 21st Ct and follow to see find out how todays committee meeting voted.

14/03/2026

The spring pear blossoms, the textured flint wall dotted with lichen, the sculptural fragments weathered beautifully with time, and the humble ivy covered outbuilding.Every element tells a story of materiality, softness, ageing, and belonging.

These cues guided an approach rooted not in imposing something new, but in allowing the proposal to grow naturally from what was already here. A design shaped by the site’s character, respectful of its textures, and attuned to its subtle, historic atmosphere.

Now that this sensitive, site‑led scheme has received full planning approval, we’re excited to translate these observations into crafted details — the next step toward seeing it emerge on site.

Rooted in nature.
Guided by context.
Shaped by what makes this place unique.

11/03/2026

A quiet revival in the South Downs.

Shellets Barn, is a sensitive restoration and contemporary extension of a historic flint barn which has received planning approval in the South Downs National Park.

From the very beginning, this project was shaped by the landscape itself — slow walks through the orchard, studying the tactile beauty of the flint walls, and learning from the site’s quiet, layered history.

Our design focuses on careful restoration of the existing barn, paired with a hand‑crafted timber extension gently settling into the orchard and embracing the wrapping flint orchard wall. Soft west light and long meadow views frame a space that feels both rooted and renewed.

A calm, landscape‑led revival grounded in memory, craft, and place — and we can’t wait to share more of the journey with you. Follow along for updates, sketches, and behind‑the‑scenes process.

Address

1 Angel Courtyard, Highstreet
Lymington
SO419AP

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 6pm
Friday	8:30am - 4pm

Telephone

+441590670780

Website

http://www.padstudio.co.uk/

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