Housing

Architecture & Building Surveying support to the not for profit sector in aligning our built environment with our response to the various sustainability crises facing us.

Architype designs spaces that work for people and the planet. Our radical approach combines beautiful Passivhaus design with technical excellence. We keep our promises about building performance and work holistically with clients to create award-winning inspirational and healthy environments. We have roots in community projects and are moving towards full employee ownership, with over 90 co-owners working collaboratively in teams in Edinburgh, Hereford and London - with our Edinburgh team ibeing based in Leith.

​Bridgend Farmhouse is a sustainable community-owned centre for learning, eating and exercise in South Edinburgh. We aim to grow together to develop a flourishing community and place.

University research institute focused on the development of sustainable urban planning interventions.

We are the city-wide collective supporting the development of resilient communities through community-led improvement of buildings, via planned maintenance, retrofit and local heat and energy systems. Edinburgh Building Retrofit and Improvement Collective empowers the local ecosystem of groups working to do these things. A community can be a tenement, a street or a neighbourhood. Working at community-scale offers many advantages and improving whole buildings gives the best results. We develop stronger and more resilient communities in the process.