Business Details
31 Years
experience
Your Trusted Architects in Edinburgh
Based in Edinburgh, SHS BURRIDGE ARCHITECTS has over 25 years of experience delivering tailored architectural solutions across Scotland. As ARB registered architects and members of RIBA and RIAS, we adhere to strict professional standards while specialising in contemporary designs characterised by natural materials and sustainable practices. Our expertise spans challenging planning contexts, listed buildings, and bespoke residential and commercial projects.We guide clients through every stage, from initial concept to completion, offering a step-by-step Homeowner's Guide to simplify complex processes. Our team combines technical proficiency with a commitment to resolving bureaucratic complexities, ensuring designs meet both client aspirations and regulatory requirements.
Services
House Extensions
Bespoke Houses
Renovations
Planning Permissions
Building Warrants
Listed Buildings
Energy Efficiency
Interior Design
Details
- Year established: 1995
Highlights and features
- We offer over 25 years of architectural experience in Scotland
- Our team are ARB registered architects and RIBA/RIAS members
- Specialists in sustainable design and energy-efficient housing
- Provide a comprehensive Homeowner's Guide to building projects
- Expertise in navigating complex planning and listed building regulations
Services
House Extensions
We design and manage house extensions tailored to your lifestyle needs while complying with local planning regulations. Our expertise includes creating seamless connections between existing structures and new spaces, ensuring energy efficiency and aesthetic coherence. From initial concept to building warrant approval, our team guides you through every technical and regulatory step.
Bespoke Houses
Specialising in one-off residential designs, we create unique homes that respond to site-specific challenges and client aspirations. Our process incorporates sustainable materials, smart technology integration, and innovative spatial planning. We handle all aspects from feasibility studies to construction documentation, ensuring your vision becomes a functional reality.
Listed Buildings
Our practice excels in working with protected structures, balancing conservation requirements with modern functionality. We prepare detailed listed building consent applications and design sensitive interventions that preserve historical integrity while meeting contemporary needs through careful material selection and technical innovation.
Planning Permissions
We navigate the complex planning system on your behalf, preparing comprehensive applications and liaising with local authorities. Our approach includes strategic site analysis, compliance checks, and neighbour consultation strategies to maximise approval chances while addressing potential objections through design modifications.
Energy Efficiency
We integrate energy-efficient solutions into all projects, specialising in passive design principles and renewable technologies. Our expertise includes cross-laminated timber construction and zero-carbon strategies, delivering buildings that meet rigorous environmental standards while maintaining aesthetic quality and long-term cost-effectiveness.
People
Andrew Burridge
Architect
With over 30 years' experience, Andrew specialises in residential and commercial architecture. He has won awards for sustainable housing and developed expertise in CLT construction. He serves on architectural councils and contributes to professional examinations.
Jane Burridge
Architect
Jane focuses on strategic planning and public sector projects. She mentors in construction industry initiatives and contributes to architectural education. Her expertise includes navigating complex planning frameworks and delivering socially impactful building projects.
Questions
What architectural services do you offer?
We provide full architectural services including house extensions, bespoke homes, listed building projects, planning permissions, and energy-efficient designs across Edinburgh and Scotland.
How do you handle listed building projects?
We prepare detailed listed building consent applications and design sensitive interventions that preserve historical integrity while meeting modern functionality requirements through technical innovation.
Can you help with planning permission applications?
Yes, we manage the entire planning process including preparing applications, neighbour consultations, and addressing local authority requirements to maximise approval chances.
Do you work outside Edinburgh?
We operate throughout Scotland including Fife, East Lothian, Stirling and the Scottish Highlands, with experience in diverse planning contexts.
What sustainability expertise do you have?
We specialise in energy-efficient design, cross-laminated timber construction, and zero-carbon strategies, incorporating sustainable materials and passive design principles into all projects.
How do you support homeowners through building projects?
We provide a step-by-step Homeowner's Guide and full project management from initial concept to completion, explaining technical requirements and regulatory processes clearly.
Reviews (5)
Brian Horne
Jan 09, 2022
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A bold and imaginative addition made an old building which had seen better days into an attractive living space - without unnecessarily sacrificing anything that was there already
Elena Zini
Jan 02, 2022
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Super helpful and responsive to all our questions about renovating and refurbishing listed flats. Will definitely be our first port of call for all renovation work.
Alastair Cole
Dec 13, 2021
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Andrew was very generous, professional and responsive in helping us through the planning of a listed building renovation. Will definitely use with any future builds and designs. Thanks!
Stuart Charters
Aug 15, 2021
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Fantastic to work with, very professional, clear communication, and prompt with work. We are getting new balcony doors knocked through and new mezzanine put in. Andrew drew up the plans and handled the application process. Would highly recommend and use again in if we have future projects.
Ross Macdonald
Jun 10, 2021
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I contacted SHS to ask about a quote for getting a building warrant. Spoke with Andrew who, after some questions about the work, confirmed I did not require a building warrant. I really appreciate this company's honesty and advice rather than wanting to charge me for nothing. Will definitely use these guys if I need actual work in the future!
