e-gg
Explore our work
Thoughtful sustainable contemporary architecture.
We are a friendly and ethical architecture studio based in London, specialising in retrofit, Passivhaus and low-carbon design.
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e-gg works to adapt, extend and retrofit a former nursing home to provide a nature-rich alternative to mainstream education for young people with learning difficulties.
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Delivering an internal remodelling and extension of a locally listed family home situated in a conservation area.
The client also requested a new garden room to accommodate a sauna, yoga studio and home office.
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Transforming a 1970s Brutalist building into a school for children with additional social, emotional and mental health needs.
Set within a relatively constrained site a short distance from the city centre, the former adult learning centre required a substantial retrofit to facilitate The Aurora Group’s exceptional education and support for vulnerable young people in Derby.
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Introducing flow into a locally listed house, with an elegant single-storey wraparound extension.
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Proposing and prototyping porches for a Milton Keynes estate to be in-keeping with the existing buildings, maintenance free and rot-resistant.
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The design of seven new-build ecohomes on Grey Belt land with best-practice passive and low-energy design
Our projects make a difference.
We design elegant, ambitious and environmentally sensitive solutions that add real value for clients and communities alike.
As certified Passivhaus designers, we promote architecture as adaptation: adjusting what you have to better provide what you need. Not every project needs a whole new building.
Over 1000 pupils back in education
Over 400 trees planted in our projects
Saved over 10,000 tonnes of embodied carbon
Raised over £100,000 of community funding
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Working with innovative SEND school provider The Aurora Group, we design specialist learning environments for young people with a wide range of needs. The new-build schools we design are net-zero carbon and Passivhaus where practicable.
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Our education projects incorporate inclusive, adaptable learning environments and nature-rich play areas to improve the lives of hundreds of vulnerable young people around the UK.
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We design elegant eco homes and low-carbon schemes to unlock value in grey belt and backland areas for developers who share our commitment to sustainability and healthy homes.
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Our favourable low-energy designs have a significant success rate with planning applications in green belt and conservation areas, national parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBS), and listed designations.
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We work with universities, charities, schools and colleges to produce masterplans that deliver development and provide access to funding and opportunities with minimal disruption to the site.
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Our strategic and considered approach to masterplans, working on complex sites with multiple stakeholders, has unlocked significant residential and educational opportunities and raised over £100,000 for community projects.
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Our private residential services include extensions, renovations, new homes and self-builds. We have a strong track record of planning success in local authorities across the country.
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We design elegant, healthy and environmentally-conscious homes for our clients, each bespoke to the specific needs of the family or individual we serve. These homes can be fully certified to the Passivhaus standard, or EnerPHit if the works involve alterations to an existing building.
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As certified Passivhaus architects, we design healthy, low-carbon projects that meet rigorous standards for sustainable buildings.
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Passivhaus principles inform and guide all our projects, from new-build SEND schools to zero-carbon developments. Our residential projects include both Passivhaus new-builds and EnerPHit renovations and extensions of existing buildings.
Meet the team
Passionate and fun, our highly skilled and motivated group love working together to make these projects happen. We combine academic rigour with real-world learnings, approaching each opportunity with an abundance of curiosity and an excitement for what could be.
We collaborate, we communicate and we are good at what we do. We are here to help.
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