Clare Nash
Clare took an unconventional route to qualify as an architect, gaining a great deal of on-site building experience, including nearly two years in Germany and Liechtenstein. This not only gave her fluency in German but also a good understanding of German and Austrian building technology which is much further ahead than the UK in terms of eco builds.
specialisms
Clare’s specialism is a combination of vernacular architecture (understanding how and why people built before architects) and eco-design. She regularly attends Passivhaus lectures and is a bit of a nerd on the technical detail and holistic design required to achieve this type of build, or indeed a good quality eco-home. With many years of experience she understands very well the potential pitfalls and cost implications, as well as being a whizz with rural planning applications.
Clare believes in buildings that are not only sustainable in terms of energy bills and materials used, but also flexible enough to stand the test of time.
Clare is a RIBA Role Model, a former architectural technology tutor and examiner and a current architectural business lecturer at Oxford Brookes University. She is so passionate about good quality housing in the UK that she has even written a book about it!
