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ABOUT US

SW Foulkes Architects is a Manchester based practice that is building and maintains a reputation for quality design and providing a professional service. 

Best value for our clients is achieved by the practice’s entrepreneurial approach to achieving imaginative yet practical solutions to project issues. This approach contributes to SW Foulkes Architects developing strong working relationships. Consequently, the practice continues to enhance its position within the market place.

Our diverse portfolio extends from bespoke houses to large scale master-planning. Our flexibility enables us to undertake projects of varying size, both nationally and internationally.

OUR CULTURE

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We are driven by a common desire to achieve something worthwhile. We pursue excellence in everything we do both in and out of the office. 

It is our belief that architecture is more than a job. We advocate a friendly, informal environment. Our people work hard and are involved in every aspect of the design and construction process. Creativity is rewarded and training and continuing development is fully supported.

SW Foulkes Architects place a great deal of importance on team building and keeping our staff happy. Happy people are creative people.
Read on to see what makes us tick.

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THE SOUNDS

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THE DRINKS

Jan 08 Jumeriah Ice Tea - Le Royal Meridien, Dubai
Dec 07 Bombadinos - The Carousello, Livigno Italy
Nov 07 Godfathers - The Skybar, Rival Hotel Riga
Oct 07 Amaretto Sours - Cloud 23 Manchester
Sep 07 Old Fashioned (Bourbon, sugar, bitters)
Aug 07 Rosé Wine - Various Locations
Jul 07 Flaming Towers - Alderley Edge
Jun 07 Rosé Wine - Le Mans France
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

SW Foulkes Architects take a responsible approach to construction and the built environment which we create.
We constantly look at long and short term effect arising from the projects we are involved in.
We actively seek to find solutions to environmental issues.
As a company we endeavor to act in accordance with good practice and work with specialist engineers and consultants to develop our ideas. We believe conscientious architecture does not have to be expensive architecture both in terms of whole life performance and build cost.
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

SW Foulkes Architects aim to be an equal opportunities employer and has developed their policy to this end. The policy is based on a good practice sample policy from the Commission For Racial Equality, a publicly funded, non-governmental body set up under the Race Relations Act 1976 to tackle racial discrimination and promote racial equality.

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RECRUITMENT

We are always interested in meeting talented people who want to join our team. To find out more about careers at SW Foulkes Architects contact us and send a copy of your CV with A4 examples of your work.
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New Year, New Website

SW Foulkes Architects chose Manchester based Web designer Tom Harrop to create our new website. We have updated our selected projects and news features.

Revisit swfoulkesarchitects.com to stay up to date with all things SWFA.

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Stockport's tallest building

SW Foulkes Architects have achieved planning permission for the first tall building in Stockport in over 2 decades. The development aims to trigger the revitalisation of the town centre. Above a commercial plinth level a 20 storey tower will deliver spectacular views towards the pennines and over the Cheshire plane. The development will offer 155 luxury apartments with two prestigious penthouse apartments. The penthouses are expected to set record sales values in the town centre. SW Foulkes Architects were interviewed by skyscrapernews.com, the foremost source of information on tall buildings in the UK and Internationally

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Wonderwall on ancoats

SW Foulkes Architects have won a long fought struggle to gain planning consent for a hotel scheme on Great Ancoats and Laystall St in Manchester City Centre.

The development will provide 145 bedrooms with restaurant and bar on the podium level. Externally a full height, etched glass water wall will animate the façade and provide a landmark building on this gateway site.

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Powering Through

SW Foulkes Architects are working with Bowden Homes, an exciting new bespoke house builder. The New Year promises to reveal some of the most prestigious houses in Cheshire’s most coveted locations.

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Home Schooled

Work has begun on site in Halifax where SW Foulkes Architects are building 26 new build homes on the site of the former Siddal Primary school. Ground work began in early 2009 with the erection of the timber frame due to begin imminently. The development at Siddal is expected to achieve a BREEAM rating of “very good” upon completion.

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Solcio-Rehab

SW Foulkes Architects are invited to tender for a selected international competition. The former Soviet post office and telecom building in Tbilisi city centre requires extensive remodeling and a significant extension to the rear to provide first class office accommodation and conference facilities along with five star hotel accommodation and a roof top terrace providing breathtaking views across the historic city and out across the cross roads of Europe and Central Asia.

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Pole Position

SWFA Racing takes 3rd place at the Betts Associates annual Karting Grand Prix. After practice and 5 heats Craig Jones and James Hindley qualified for the semi finals which saw Craig Jones go on to take 3rd place, with James finishing 7th after being slammed into the tyre wall. Geoff Pickering limped home in 24th place suffering technical difficulties.

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Pisa Cake

To celebrate another successful year, the entire team flew to Italy for Christmas lunch. After landing in Pisa the following day we boarded the train for a short cross country trip to Florence where we spent the day site seeing. The team sampled the local specialties at various cafés, bars and eateries. We took the opportunity to roam around one of the most beautiful cities in the world. In 1982 the historical centre of Florence was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO.

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3D World & SW Foulkes Architects

SketchUp was first released in August 2000 as a general purpose 3D content creation tool. Google acquired @last software in 2006 attracted by its Google Earth plug-in which allows 3d models to be placed within it’s virtual globe application.

Today Google have given its users the ability to create vast 3d worlds in varying levels of detail and view the results as still images, animations or as part of the Google Earth environment. SketchUp has a large community of users who submit models to the Google 3D warehouse which forms a vast online resource of models and assets free to download and use.

SW Foulkes adopted SketchUp in early 2001 after a brief testing period it was rolled out to the whole team. Today SketchUp is used at an early stage in the design and development process to enable interrogation and review of design and spatial concepts.

SW Foulkes’ James Hindley has been invited contribute to 3D world magazine as the “SketchUp Guru” and will answer a series of Questions posted by SketchUp users worldwide.

3D World magazine aims at an audience from first time users to senior staff at Electronic Arts, Pixar and Dreamworks SKG. It is published monthly with a global audience. Its contributors have won six Oscars, two BAFTA awards, and many more international awards. SW Foulkes are proud to join this team. www.3dworldmag.com

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