
Interiors viewpoint: how do I decide on a colour scheme for my home?
It’s very easy to feel overwhelmed at the prospect of home redecoration.

Interiors viewpoint: Autumn inspiration for your home
Following the ‘spring clean’, comes the autumn make over and even though most UK dwellers feel they were cheated of…

Interiors viewpoint: maximalist home styling in 2023
2023 has enjoyed the growth of maximalist home design; a trend characterized by its rich, bold and eclectic approach to…

Interiors viewpoint: creating 'home wellness' with thoughtful interior design
From an interior design perspective, the notion of ‘home wellness’ denotes a focus on health and wellbeing when considering the…

Interiors viewpoint: what is biophilic design?
Biophilic design – is it just piling up the pot plants? In short, no.

Part II Architectural Assistant vacancy
Calling all Part IIs looking to combine an excellent career opportunity with an outdoorsy lifestyle! OCR Architecture is a young and…

Call for land!
Have you wondered if the land you own might be suitable for development? If you live in the North Devon…

Virtually there...
We love to utilise different ways to explore during the design process.

A walk through the initial design process: how we need your input and why we need to listen.
As a practice based in beautiful Devon we are fortunate enough to work on projects situated in some of the…

Looking for a new role, we are recruiting
OCRArchitecture is hiring and we would welcome applications from Part 2, Part 3 or newly qualified architects with UK experience…

New Passivhaus team member and offering at OCRA
We are delighted to announce that OCRA are now able to offer an in house Passivhaus service with Matt a…

Planning submission for remodelling and extension to listed cottage to Irsha street, Appledore
OCR Architecture recently submitted for planning and listed building consent, a replacement extension and internal remodel of a grade II…

New Coastal development
OCR architecture are delighted to be able to share some work in progress images of a new multi unit scheme…

Croyde apartments moving forward again
After the enforced closure of our site in Croyde, Pearce Construction have reopened the site following the guidance from the government to…

More planning success
In these challenging times, it is nice to be able to share some good news.

Virtual reality walk through in conference calls
We have been fortunate that we are well versed in video conference calls for a number of years at OCRA…

Thames side mansion concepts
Replacement riverside home concept OCRA have been commissioned to look at options for a replacement dwelling on a site adjacent the…

Challenging times but planning success
In these challenging times the practice is particularly pleased to be working with a number of clients both small and…

Budleigh Salterton nearing completion
A day out of the North Devon office today for some of the team to visit some of the projects…

Planning- submitted near Woolsery
OCRA are pleased to of submitted planning for a contemporary one off house near Woolsery.

Planning success
OCRA are pleased to start the year with two more planning successes.

OCRA confirm continuing support to charities
OCRA are pleased to confirm their continuing support of two great charities this year.

Looking ahead to 2020
2019 was a great year for OCR maintaining our 100% success rate for planning applications, with new build projects being…

Croyde starts
OCRA has had a busy few months, a second year of trading and we are please that we have a…

Planning success in East Devon
It has been a busy few months at OCRA with a number of planning applications receiving approval throughout the south…

Rural housing scheme
We are lucky enough to be involved in a number housing schemes of all scales throughout the south west, some…