Please to announce our latest #Passivhaus project, Trent View School was awarded 'Project of the Year - Colleges' at this years 'Education Estates Awards 2024'. The first Passivhaus School to incorporate a hydrotherapy pool. Well done to all involved. HLM Architects Morgan Sindall Group plc
Gale & Snowden Architects Ltd
Design Services
...putting Regenerative Design into practice, since 1992
About us
Gale & Snowden’s mission is to create healthy & beautiful buildings and landscapes that regenerate the environment around us and connect people to their location, to nature and to each other. Established in 1992, we are an award-winning RIBA Chartered Practice focusing on regenerative design based on permaculture principles. Our projects unify ecology, building biology, physics and landscape design with elegant and efficient architecture to create beautiful, healthy and uplifting buildings and landscapes. We believe that healthy design is at the core of good design for both building and landscapes. It is important to carefully consider both how buildings are designed and the choice of materials used. By incorporating Building Biology healthy design principles in a design from the outset, a building or landscape can provide an uplifting and life-enhancing environment. Building Biology is the holistic study of the man-made environment, human health and ecology. It is a living subject that brings together fields of study that are otherwise taught in isolation - an interconnecting science that brings together many facets relating to health and construction including: biology, medicine, building physics, chemistry and ecology. Our designs focus on a fabric first and optimal orientation approach based on Passivhaus principles to first minimise the energy demand of a building, reducing its carbon emissions, before adding renewables where appropriate. The result is low-carbon solutions that respond to a changing climate and tackle fuel poverty at the same time. We are an integrated team of architects, landscape architects, mechanical engineers, building physicists and biologists, certified Passivhaus designers and permaculture designers. As biologists who are also architects, our focus extends beyond the building. Our designs regenerate the environment, working with, rather than against natural systems; integrating people into designed, productive ecosystems.
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External link for Gale & Snowden Architects Ltd
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- Design Services
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- Integrated Design, Passivhaus Certified Designers, Permaculture Association Certified Designers, Architects, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Renewable Energy Design, Building Physics, and Building Biology Certified IBN Consultants
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18 Market Place
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Devon, EX39 2DR, GB
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Exeter Bank Chambers
67 High Street
Exeter, Devon EX4 3DT, GB
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Bucks Mills
Bideford, North Devon EX39 5DY, GB
Employees at Gale & Snowden Architects Ltd
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David Gale ARB RIBA, Building Biologist IBN
Director at Gale & Snowden Architects Ltd / Director at Building Biology Association
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Adam Scott
Passivhaus designer/Architectural technician at Gale & Snowden Architects
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Jason Fitzsimmons
Director at Gale & Snowden Architects
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lawrence millyard
Director at Gale & Snowden Architects Ltd
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Please to announce that our latest #Passivhaus Certified and #BuildingBiology compliant housing development for local people has just started on site just outside Exeter, Devon. Working with a great team - Ravenslade Limited, structureHaus, Foxford Design, Avalon Planning & Heritage, Richard Allen and Contractors Prime Build SW Ltd
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Proud to be winners of the new 'Partnership' Award at the Exeter Property Awards yesterday along with our friends at Belfield Developments Ltd. Rosemoor at Ipplepen, Devon is a wonderful housing development - including #Passivhaus and #BuildingBiology principles. We need more of these developments from the private sector if we have any chance to address the climate and environment emergency as well as the health & wellbeing crisis. If you are interested in buying an energy efficient and healthy home in Devon, please get in touch with us as there are some homes still available for sale. Congratulations to all the finalists at the Exeter Property Awards.
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Great to see our latest #Passivhaus Leisure Centre opening - Spelthorne Leisure Centre now called 'The Eclipse Leisure Centre'. A pleasure to have worked with everyone involved - what a result!
The world’s largest #Passivhaus Leisure Centre has just been opened! Spelthorne Borough Council’s new Eclipse Leisure Centre, which is built to the ultra-low energy Passivhaus standard, is expected to use circa 70% less energy than a typical modern leisure centre - a major step in helping the Council become carbon neutral. This is a real milestone for Spelthorne Borough Council. The project has been ongoing for over five years, so to see the centre open today is a very proud moment for this Council and for all our partners involved in the design and construction. The Eclipse Leisure Centre is truly a breakthrough in service delivery, not only for the Borough but as a national exemplar. Spelthorne has led the way in the development of this landmark facility, investing in our community and cutting-edge green technology, a manifestation of our intent to reach net zero and our commitment to Spelthorne’s sustainable future. Willmott Dixon GT3 Architects Places Leisure Department for Culture, Media and Sport Sport England Costa Coffee Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Local Government Association Local Government Chronicle LocalGov Local Government Partnership Network (LGPN) TheMJ District Councils' Network North West Surrey Health and Care Alliance Surrey County Council Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Speedflex NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration RIBA RIBA Journal Department for Business and Trade Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Solace Applied Resilience Gleeds To find out more about the Eclipse Leisure Centre, visit https://lnkd.in/et-ADNaD
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Spelthorne Passivhaus Leisure Centre pool filtration plant room looks amazing - ceramic membranes remove particles from 0.1-10μm to help achieve fantastic water quality for swimmers
Our latest FTMicron4 microfiltration systems have now been commissioned on the new Spelthorne Leisure Centre. These systems serve a 25m 8 lane competition pool, training pool and splashpad with interactive water features. This scheme is the latest FT Leisure project designed and installed to the Passive House Institute specification and targets. As always, excellent quality from our team from start to finish. Willmott Dixon GT3 Architects Gale & Snowden Architects Ltd #passivehouse #swimming #microfiltration
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Great to be part of the first ever #RegenerativeArchitectureIndex (RAI) and featured in Architecture Today. Looking forward to fruitful collaboration!
The September-October issue of Architecture Today is here! This special issue is dedicated to the inaugural #RegenerativeArchitectureIndex (RAI) launched by Architecture Today and Architects Declare. It includes a selection of the most interesting and insightful responses from the 68 practices who took part in the Index along with commentary from the RAI assessors and leading names from the world of Regeneration. Engineer Neil Thomas MBE, founder of Atelier One, reviews two #bamboo domes at the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary on the #IsleofWight. Built to house rescued lemurs, the domes are the first bamboo buildings in the UK to gain #BuildingRegulations approval. Wildheart COO Lawrence Bates explains why Wildheart – an ‘accidental pioneer’ in the world of #RegenerativeDesign – has pledged to work exclusively with architects who have participated in the RAI, and why this extraordinary community of rescued animals, and materials and buildings is his #MyKindofTown! Cover photo by Timothy Soar https://lnkd.in/ecFYtWcp
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Great to see that our Rosemoor housing development at Ipplepen has been include as a finalist in the Exeter Property awards for 'Sustainability' - also it will be part of the Transition Towns Open Eco Homes Event on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th October https://lnkd.in/epven3W4 Full programme at https://lnkd.in/eccdDuZS Interactive map at https://lnkd.in/eGj2MQ3z The TTT Facebook page has all the details and the links. https://fb.me/e/59yY2uUml
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Co-Mission Complete. Proud to have commissioned and worked on the very impressive Passivhaus standard Spelthorne Leisure Centre. A fantastic facility which includes a competition pool, training pool and splash pad…each supplied by FTMicron4 microfiltration technology. On to the next one…FT Leisure
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Great weekend at ‘Build it Live South West’ at Westpoint Arena in Exeter this weekend. Great to see old friends and meet new ones. If you missed the show and want advice about your project, Passivhaus, Building Biology (Healthy Buildings), Permaculture or Regenerative Design why not book a free appointment to meet us at our Exeter office - we are directly above the Ivy restaurant off the High Street, Exeter. Well done the G&S team this weekend - Charles Wright, lawrence millyard and Ian Snowden
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We spent the day at Spelthorne yesterday, witnessing commissioning to ensure the exacting Passivhaus design requirements are being met during the controls and commissioning set up. So many key stages where the disconnect between design and actual performance can occur. Even more so on these complex Passivhaus projects with controls and commissioning being one of the almost final steps to delivering a Passivhaus low energy certified building. Big thanks to Cardiff commissioning for their patience with us going through the buildings systems and demonstrating them. Good luck with the rest of the commissioning and controls set up, we look forward to seeing the final results. Simon Alway GT3 Architects Willmott Dixon Systemair Menerga VZDV Consulting Engineers
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