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Revitalising King’s Lynn: A New Library and Civic Landmark for the Town Centre 

Hudson Architects is leading the transformation of a redundant commercial building in the heart of King’s Lynn into a landmark new library, creating a welcoming destination for learning, support

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Feeringbury Barn shortlisted for AJ Retrofit and Reuse Awards 2025

We’re happy to share that Feeringbury Barn has been shortlisted in the Retrofit Revisited category at this year’s AJ Retrofit and Reuse Awards. Located on a working farm in Essex, the 16th c

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Low Energy Homes: The Key to Comfortable, Sustainable Living

With rising energy costs, growing climate concerns, and a shift toward more sustainable lifestyles, the way we design, build and renovate our homes is more important than ever. Low energy homes offer

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Net Zero Rural Neighbourhoods

Last year we had the opportunity to present our vision for The Net Zero Neighbourhood at the Building Centre. Our proposal focused on sustainable rural placemaking, connectivity, community self-bui

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New ‘Wetland Frame’ Wall Construction?

Our recent development from the FibreBroads research project is the ‘Wetland Frame’, a wall construction detail crafted primarily from wetland-sourced materials – a low carbon, locally sourced

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FibreBroads Research Project: Explained

The following illustrative series presents the overall purpose of the FibreBroads research project and our role within it in bite-sized pieces. At Hudson Architects, we take pride in expanding our exp

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Free energy: Optimising orientation and glazing for solar gains

One of the cornerstones of sustainable architecture is the strategic use of window and door openings around the building to harness solar gains, limit heat loss and prevent overheating. But what exact

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Introducing Our New Project Partnership: FibreBroads

Hudson Architects are thrilled to announce our new project partnership with the FibreBroads research project. Focused on the Broads and Norfolk Fens regions the “FibreBroads” project will

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The Housing Crisis Unveiled: Exploring Challenges and Architectural Solutions

The UK has long been grappling with a housing crisis that shows no signs of abating. From a shortage of homes to increasing property prices and sustainability concerns, this article explores the det

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The Net Zero Neighbourhood: Shortlisted

We are delighted to share that we have been shortlisted alongside 6 other practices for the Architect Pitch: The Net Zero Neighbourhood. Max Fordham LLP has invited architects to re-imagine the futur

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Retrofit Case Study: The Grade II* listed Institute of Education at UCL

With the climate crisis continuing to accelerate, and campaigners pushing for #RetroFirst, the new question is: should we demolish or reuse? For some time, the industry’s conversation around sustain

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Highlights of 2022

2022 was a year of projects, initiatives and an award win that we are immensely proud of and so today we are sharing some of the highlights! Duke Street Riverside Award Win! We were delighted that Du

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