Swain Architecture have moved office!
After a short delay, Swain Architecture is now settled into our new home, and we love it!
We’ve relocated from Long Eaton to a beautifully renovated office, The Grove in Bramcote, bringing us closer to Beeston, Chilwell, and Nottingham City Centre. The space has recently been refurbished with modern interiors and up-to-date tech, while still retaining plenty of period character and natural light of the original building.
We’ve no more moves planned any time soon, so if you’d like to come and see us, we’d love to have you. Just get in touch to arrange a visit…
Swain Architecture to embrace flexible working to increase productivity and empower their team
We’re evolving to incorporate hybrid working
During our eight years working as a Midlands-based architectural agency we’ve seen many changes to the workplace. When Izzy (Swain) Rhodes set the business up in 2016, one of her guiding principles was to create a working environment that encouraged creativity and attracted the best talent so Swain can produce the best architecture. As Covid hit and the location and scheduling of work had to become more flexible we learned that working from home can sometimes increase productivity and give our team some variety. We still value our Nottingham studio, and we believe that architecture is a team sport, but we also recognise that some home working and time away from distractions can be good for business.
When will this begin?
From 2025 we will be shifting to a hybrid-work pattern. Every week our team will be working in the office for three days and at home for two days. Additionally, we will be instigating a staggered nine working day fortnight. In practice that means that half our team will have a Friday off every two weeks and the other half will have the following Friday off. We will make up for the loss of a working day per fortnight by working longer hours during the remaining nine days.
When are we making this change?
We began testing this change from November 2024 to make sure that it works before making it official.
Why are we changing the way we work?
We’ve made this change to ensure our team are happy and feel looked after and to enable us to attract the best talent in the future – all of which will help us deliver great architecture.
What will be the difference for our clients and work?
We don’t believe clients will notice any difference to our productivity and service, but we are our monitoring business metrics to ensure that there is no detrimental effect to our productivity or the service our clients experience.
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Congratulations to Swain Architecture’s Adam on completing his Architectural qualifications
We’re really pleased to announce that our team-mate Adam Salton-Mayers is now a fully qualified architect! in Augus 2023 he passed his final Architecture exams and has now passed his Part III qualification, which is what all Architects have to do following their BA hons Architecture Degree – a five year process in total! We’re super proud of him; he’s dedicated, hard working and generally a lovely chap to have around. Everyone at Swain Architecture is looking forward to continuing to work with him as his career flourishes. Well done Adam.
Swain Office Design in the National Press!
Swain Architecture in the National Press!
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We’re proud to learn that one of our projects is featured in the national press. The Daily Mail wrote a piece about our work on one of ‘Britain’s quirkiest offices’, Tank PR in Nottingham’s historic Lace Market.
The Project
It was an absolute pleasure working with Tank PR to create their unique, and if we don’t mind saying so ourselves, pretty cool office! Who wouldn’t love a client that wants to include a bar in their reception as part of the brief?
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Swain Architecture Studio Relocate to Nottingham
Swain Architecture Studio Relocate to Nottingham
Swain Architecture Founding Director Elizabeth Swain has been featured in Broxtowe Business News. Izzy, along with her husband and two young daughters were interviewed at their home about why moving Swain Architecture to the Nottingham suburb having previously been based in Derby City Centre had been the right move for both the family and the business.
