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Our designs create buildings, places and environments for people to live, work, relax and thrive in.
We approach every project as if it were our first - with the same excitement, enthusiasm and commitment - and we share our knowledge and experience with our clients to deliver successful outcomes and exceed expectations.
We offer an individual service which is tailored to client needs and project requirements. We pride ourselves on our reputation, design flair, technical competence, commerciality and proactive approach.
Our planning success rate currently sits at 86% for residential projects. We are vastly experienced at bringing projects through the design process, liaising with local authorities and their planning teams and other stakeholders to get positive results.
Our technical team have delivered for major housebuilders, public sector bodies and private clients. Their rounded experience, plus expertise in BIM and digital delivery, leads to buildable and compliant schemes.
We pride ourselves on our service quality. Our processes and approach are certified to ISO9001, ISO14001 and CHAS, meaning you know you are working with a team that are trusted, proven and consistent.
Keeping up to date with current building performance requirements, planning legislation and material technology is part of our daily work. We actively seek out technological advances and where appropriate prescribe them on our projects or in our processes. We are experienced in BIM and using Revit to the benefit of our projects and clients.
We consider sustainability throughout the design process, with embodied carbon, carbon reduction in delivery and use high on the agenda. We have a deep understanding of achieving BREEAM across different project types, including education and commercial. We are experienced in undertaking lifecycle assessments which positively impact our designs through enhancing maintenance strategies and end-of-life approaches.
gdm is an award-winning, RIBA Chartered Practice with a wealth of experience of delivering successful projects in virtually all market sectors. From our head office in Maidstone, Kent we have worked extensively throughout the UK and overseas.
We undertake all architectural services in house and offer both planning and technical specialisms, delivering professionally from conception to completion. This combined provision means that our planning team design projects that can be delivered technically and our technical team understand the planning ethos.
Our office is a welcoming space for all and we operate an open door approach in which we encourage collective involvement and self development. Our team thrive on collaboration and teamwork, sharing best practice and bringing creativity to all our schemes.
We are a dynamic, young and vibrant team who enjoy problem solving and bringing creative ideas to the table. We're trusted by our clients, who often engage us early on for advice and our knowledge.
We believe in engaging the next generation. We have several Part I and Part II students who are encouraged to pursue their career goals and are mentored through their growth. We also mentor RIBA students from the University of Kent and University of the Creative Arts yearly, who gain an insight into what life as an architect is like before embarking on their careers.
We are an inspired, committed and dedicated team with a common aim to serve our clients and projects through design, management and delivery exceeding expectations.
Although our core business will always be architecture, at gdm we are able to tailor our role and can offer a wide range of services to suit individual clients and project needs.
Our services can include but are not limited to;
Our role can also vary and we can offer our services in the following ways;
Clients are able to access our services through several public frameworks, providing a compliant and effective route to market. Please see a list of our framework appointments below:
Town and Country Housing Development Framework
Access via TCH's New Business Team
Hyde Group Development Consultancy Framework
Access via Hyde's Procurement Team
Crescent Purchasing Consortium - Estates and Facilities Professionals Services
Access via CPC's website
London Construction Programme - DPS for Construction Services
Access via adamprocure
Constellia Neutral Vendor Framework
Access via Constellia
“gdm fully understood the needs of the Trust and equally the importance of children being at the heart of all elements of the design”