Project Planning
Getting the brief right at the start is time well spent. Planning the journey will always help to arrive in the right location in a timely manner. We draw upon our experience to help you develop the brief at the outset of the project.

Spatial & Form Planning
Feasibility, concept and developed design.
This is time to get creative. Test the brief, push the boundaries, let your inhibitions go. If ever there was time to relax and explore all the opportunities, this is it. We proudly flex our creative muscles to explore the placemaking constraints and opportunities in this part of the design process.

Carbon Planning
You have got to break an egg to make an omelette. But the best omelettes are made from responsibly sourced eggs. Enough of the food references. Sourcing low carbon materials is an intrinsic part of the APG design process giving consideration to the embodied carbon in the material, fabric performance to drive down the embodied carbon in operation and the ability to be recycled at the end of its life.

Town Planning
Application process.
Without a viable planning application, the project is only a dream. We strive to make the dream project a reality. Together with our experience, we often collaborate with Planning professionals too curate a design that will be supported in the planning process.

Technical Design Development
The devil is in the detail – but so is the beauty. From the masterplan through to the detail we approach the technical design with care and attention to ensure that the highest quality architecture and landscapes are realised in line with the budget through sustainable and buildable details that last the test of time.

Lead Designer
Collaboration is fundamental to the successful delivery of every project. With our professional and approachable style APG take pride in leading the design team from inception to completion, maximising the high value inputs from the client and team.

Building Regulations
Building regulations form the baseline for compliance here in the UK. Projects range in their complexity and we tailor our service to suit every project, but always with a collaborative engagement with the Building Inspector. This collaborative process can often realise great value design solutions through early engagement.

Site Support
Construction is a team effort. We are all working towards a common goal to complete the project. Site work often throws up challenges and we work proactively and collaboratively to find solutions that build on and respect the experience of the whole team.

Subcontractor Design Development
We are proud innovators and collaborators. Specialist design input is often required through the duration of a project, sharing information, and developing creative solutions to benefit the project.

Contract Administration
Contract Administration is a critical role for smooth project delivery. We always take a fair and considered approach to managing the contract when overseeing the contractual obligations as Contract Administrators.

Throughout our process we review the design and brief to ensure we only build what is needed.


On each site we review the context looking at opportunities where existing forms, buildings and infrastructure can create multi-functional and adaptable spaces so they can continually be re-used, adapted and extended into the future.

We look at the site and the process of building, looking at opportunities where waste material can be used elsewhere. We review the project materials analysing their recycled content and potential.

We review the materials and proposed structures understanding their opportunities at the end of the building’s life. Looking at whether the building elements used can be dismantled and re-instated or re- used on other sites or projects.

We consider whole life carbon and the impact of materials used from cradle to grave. We look at whether we can eliminate materials which have to be disposed of, whether they can be returned to the ground or bio-degradable. If they must be disposed of, we look at their impact and ways to reduce and mitigate this.