Manifest Design Workshop Ltd

Manifest Design Workshop is a multi-disciplinary architects' practice and building craft company, operating from western Gloucestershire. They combine architectural design and historic conservation with practical construction, traditional oak framing, and natural building crafts. Their approach integrates hands-on building experience with architectural design, believing this synergy leads to better outcomes.

They are skilled in both new green oak frames and the repair of historic frames, applying traditional English & Welsh green oak carpentry techniques. Their expertise extends to woodworking beyond frames, including furniture, wood-carving, and letter-cutting, often using felled trees and unique wood types. They also focus on architectural design, emphasizing natural and traditional materials for their beauty, environmental credentials, and low embodied carbon.

Their conservation work includes practical woodwork repairs and projects on historic houses and churches, offering surveys and condition reports. They are accredited conservation architects (AABC). The company is committed to natural building, blending traditional construction with eco-building principles to achieve high performance with reduced embodied carbon.

They utilize materials like cob, earth, timber, and stone, and are experienced in straw bale construction, wood-fibre insulation, and lime-hemp mixes. They also manage their own woodland, Dragon Wood, for sustainable timber sourcing and actively engage in research and teaching on natural building and woodland ecology.