We support owners of historic buildings to creatively transform spaces, restore historic interiors and design thoughtfully crafted repairs.

We are a team of conservation architects and designers that are passionate about bringing buildings back to life, adapting them sustainably for the future whilst being sensitive to the natural environment around us.

Great projects are delivered through working collaboratively and following established conservation principles. Over the past five years this has allowed us to continually improve in what we do.

With offices in Chipping Norton and central Oxford, we carry out work on a wide range of projects predominately works to private homes and country houses across the Cotswolds and counties surrounding Oxfordshire, including Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire.

This year James Mackintosh Architects have committed to supporting the RIBA Studio, and are taking on a foundation student to do our part in creating a more inclusive profession.

Prior to setting up JMA, a time when conservation often required a postgraduate diploma or higher, James worked for a national practice Purcell where he gained conservation accreditation ‘on the job’ through working on prestigious projects under the leadership of two of the country’s leading conservation architects. Our recruitment process is based on developing our team and teaching conservation skills. We do this through frequent design reviews so that skills are shared, and no single member of staff is pigeon holed into one particular area of work.

Over the next five years we are working towards net zero and are in the process of signing up to the RIBA Climate Challenge which sets out targets for reducing Carbon during the construction process.

We are adopting this following Historic England guidance on adopting a whole building approach to retrofit. As part of this process, we are working with local ecologists and specialists to research meaningful options to mitigate harm on ecology and biodiversity.

This year JMA are raising funds for unseen(uk). Unseen’s vision is a world without slavery.

It works both on the frontline providing direct support to modern slavery survivors and on tackling the systemic issues that allow slavery to survive. Unseen runs safe housing, outreach services, and the UK’s Modern Slavery Helpline. It equips business, NHS, police and others with training and resources to identify and support potential victims, and works to improve government policy, and to influence wider consumer choices.We provide our clients informed and realistic guidance on the potential for development of their properties through our experience of working exclusively on listed and historic buildings. We are a team of conservation architects, designers and historic building consultants based in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

The Team

Conservation Training

We invest time in conservation training across our projects, to keep up to date with the highest conservation standards, latest thinking and technology.

All our technical staff are working toward conservation accreditation with the RIBA or AABC.  We regularly support other conservation professionals such as the SPAB Scholars.

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