Lake District Architect Services Page

William Sutherland

Chartered Architect

Office Address
Cluan
Rydal Road
Ambleside
LA22 9BA

015394 34489

For location plan
see Local Links

Existing porch to house, Grasmere

Barn conversion Grasmere - builder Paul Dixon

page under construction

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How it all Works in Practice

Employing an Architect

A little history...
Although I have been using computers for drawing since the early 1990s, in 2000 I adopted a model based approach to design which is why there are so many computer illustrations of my projects. Conventional plans and elevations are of course still produced, however while much of the architectural profession still 'draws' plans in a computer equivalent of the pen and pencil drawing board - the model-based approach to building design means that not only are 3D illustrations always available for everyone to better understand the building but the 'drawings' are live and interactive views of the model which gives great benefits of speed and accuracy in dealing with design changes. The model can also be used as the basis for energy design analysis at the design stage and I expect to see this area develop rapidly in the next few years.
What is BIM?...
There is much talk in the building media these days about 'BIM' or Building Information Modelling. It is a handy marketing tag for architectural software vendors and all building design software seems to now lay claim to it. If you are sufficiently interested in this area and want to know more about this and other cad subject I ramble on the topic - and others - here.

While I update this page there are some links below to a few of the many projects currently 'in the works' - more will be posted as time allows over the next few months or please email me if you have any queries.

Current Work examples

mini-view of rendered model overview

Replacement House

mini-view of rendered model interior

Existing Barn Conversion Extension

Until I have time to post more recent projects the picture link below will take you to a page of project illustrations related to the Revit software I use:

click for link to page of larger images of project

Many of the links listed below are to projects several years old but give an idea of the sort of thing I do, pending a major update to this page and the entire site.

Some Older Projects