About Us.

 

When imagining your new home you want to find the right designer who can translate your ideas into reality. At The House Designers, you don't need to waste time searching as we have a selection of exceptional, award winning designers in-house.

Eco-friendly, sustainably and healthy homes are what we do. Our houses are independently assessed for their eco-credentials and materials used are verified by Building Biologists.

Our design team consists of architects and designers who are creative, talented, practically minded, cost conscious and experienced in designing high profile, large domestic projects. We are trained in off-site timber construction systems, technical installations and finishes in order to design statement architecture that meets the highest efficiency and ecological standards.

 

The Team.

 
Oliver Rehm

Oliver Rehm

ARCHITECT

Oliver graduated with a Diploma in Architectural Engineering and Interior Design from the University of Rosenheim, Germany, in 1998. Rosenheim is a world renowned institute for timber engineering and off site construction. Naturally Oliver chose to work in this field of construction and is also the founder of Baufritz in the UK.

“My designs are influenced by my love of nature, especially the alpine area of Bavaria where I grew up and live. Nature teaches you that the best designs are simple and modest. The perfect house is a happy space that connects people and nature and provides just enough room”.

Anthony Cooper

Anthony Cooper

ARCHITECT

Anthony studied architecture in South Africa and is a qualified architect with over 20 year’s UK experience. He has worked with The Baufritz (UK) Ltd since its inception in 2006 as well as The House Designers since 2014. Over those years, he has gained considerable knowledge and understanding of healthy and environmentally friendly construction methods. As a design team leader he always makes sure that the highest architectural quality standards are met to turn the client’s dream home into reality.

“I am open minded and receptive to new ideas, believing strongly in working closely with our clients. A warm, customer focused approach ultimately results in not only an appropriate design solution, but also a happy and content client at the end of the day!”

Peter Cox

Peter Cox

ARCHITECT

Peter is a chartered architect with over 35 year’s experience of many sectors of architecture both in the UK and overseas. Peter has also worked with Baufritz and The House Designers since their inception and has been responsible for the design of some of our most prominent projects including the house of the year 2010, the “Spirit of Light”.

“I have exceptional knowledge of traditional and modern building methods and styles and, as a result, completely understand our customers’ requirements due to my unrivalled experience in domestic architecture”.

Ralf Pflugfelder

Ralf Pflugfelder

ARCHITECT

Ralf is a qualified architect working on the intersection of critical spatial design, architecture, art and discourse. He has over 10 years UK experience in designing different building types from high-end residential to complex public buildings. He is Visiting Lecturer at the Canterbury School of Architecture and Unit Master at Kingston University’s School of Architecture. Together with Magnus Nilsson he is co-founder and director of Nilsson Pflugfelder.

The practice works on projects across a wide range of sectors and typologies. Their work is regularly published and shown at international architecture exhibitions, most recently in the First Works Award / Bauwelt Prize show.

Magnus Nilsson

Magnus Nilsson

ARCHITECT

Magnus is a registered architect, urban theorist and writer. Magnus received a Bachelor of Architecture degree with high honours from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago and completed a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in New York. He has worked as a senior design architect for a number of international architecture firms before founding his own practice together with Ralf Pflugfelder.

He has received numerous awards and his work has been published and exhibited internationally.

Robert Lumme

Robert Lumme

ARCHITECT & BUILDING BIOLOGIST

Robert is a registered architect with 20 years of experience working in the UK and Germany, now looking back at 10 years of eco design and self-build consultancy with Baufritz. Robert has a wealth of knowledge in ecological building and understands pre-fab construction in detail. He has the talent to translate your project brief into a beautiful design and achieve planning permission for you, even in challenging planning situations.

Robert is a qualified Building Biologist having gained accreditation from The Institute for Building Biology and Sustainability. This adds to the teams breadth and depth as he brings fundamental knowledge of what actually makes a building healthy and sustainable.