Paul Cashin Architects

Paul Cashin Architects | Practice

Paul Cashin Architects 'PCA' is a creative architectural practice based in Winchester, Hampshire. PCA takes a design-led approach to the practice of contemporary architecture, believing that well thought and considered design is essential to the creation of successful architectural space.

The practice undertakes contemporary architectural design projects across residential, commercial and civic sectors of the construction industry. Currently having a number of live projects across Winchester, Hampshire and the South Coast including one-off new build houses, extensions and commercial business projects.

As a small practice, our strength lies in our inclusive and personal approach, working directly with clients, consultants, and contractors, encouraging the cross over between architecture and other areas of art and design.

We are in a consistent state of process, working through a range of media including physical and computer models, hand and computer drawings, sketching and conceptual diagrams, discussions and presentations.

Paul Cashin Architects was founded in 2012 by Paul Cashin. Paul studied Architecture at the Universities of Portsmouth and Vienna, graduating in 2011 with an RIBA Presidents Medal nomination. He has worked for numerous practices, including Design Engine Architects working on contemporary university, school, housing and one-off house projects between 2008 and 2012. Paul has also taught at the University of Portsmouth and was a member of the Project Office for the school. Paul started PCA in 2012 which has set up offices in Winchester in 2016.

Paul Cashin Architects bring value, comfort and meaning through design.

Founded in 2012 the architecture practice is based in Winchester, Hampshire and works across the south coast of England, Hampshire, including the New Forest, the South Downs National Park, Dorset, West Sussex, Surrey and Devon. We have experience of delivering contemporary projects in sensitive areas such as in national parks, conservation areas and involving listed or heritage buildings.

As a practice we specialises in modern, thoughtful and sensitive building and design projects of multiple sizes and sectors, including: the private residential sector, commercial sector and development schemes.

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Our Process…

We do not see architecture as a product; we see it as a process, committed to over time and requiring great care and attention - architecture is a process of thinking, designing, communicating, collaborating, constructing…

We believe in the importance of the design process, helping to elevate our architectural designs. We work with a range of media including physical and computer models, hand and computer drawings, sketching and conceptual diagrams, discussions and presentations.

We believe that architecture should be responsive to the unique constraints and requirements of each individual site, client and brief. In this way, architecture has great potential to solve problems.  However, we also believe that architecture has the potential to improve people’s lives by providing meaning and comfort to the places they live, work, and play.

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Our Approach…

Our approach to architecture is based upon our desires to make meaningful places and spaces. We take an inclusive and personal approach to each project, working directly with our clients, consultants, and contractors, encouraging the cross over between architecture and other areas of art and design.

We following the principles of the RIBA Plan of Works, breaking down the design process into understandable stages which gives our clients a clear guideline from the offset.

Our design approach focuses on the principles of construction, designing all aspects in great detail, advising on how each design decision moves towards betterment for the client, as well as the public at large.

We see the landscape as a precursor to a dwelling, it is paramount for contemporary design to consider the nature of a place before we commit to any proposal which may change that place forever. 

We also imagine spaces as atmospheres, contrasting and complementing each other, attempting to foster a ‘sense of place’ within any architectural proposition. Our approach draws from examples of the contemporary architecture found in Scandinavia, Switzerland, Japan, and America, but all the while rooted in the rural vernacular found most commonly in the UK.

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Collaborators | Past + Present

Design Engine Architects

Oliver Cradock

Ewan Gibson

Stephen Jolly

Keith Evans

Richard Chivers  - Architectural Photography

EHJ Architecture

Beth Aston