About

Guttfield Architecture is an award-winning architectural studio based in Berkshire, founded in 2010 by Fred Guttfield.

Specialising in beautifully crafted, sustainable residential architecture, we have established a reputation for delivering thoughtful, high-quality homes and extensions across the Thames Valley and beyond.

Our work ranges from contemporary new-builds to sensitive interventions in protected settings, including Conservation Areas, Listed Buildings, the Green Belt and National Landscapes. Every project is a bespoke response to site, context, client and budget—never formulaic, always defined by clarity of detail, materiality and proportion.

Despite the high standard of finish we achieve, most of our projects are delivered within budgets ranging from £300,000 to £1 million. We believe great residential architecture is both personal and contextual, shaped through close collaboration with clients, consultants, craftspeople and landscape.

‘A really outstanding transformation to produce a truly innovative, low cost and sustainable family home.

A masterpiece… The scale, shape and materials all spot on. Dramatic and gentle at the same time. Bravo!’

British Homes Awards Judges

Our work has been widely recognised, winning awards such as Best Modern Building at the Chilterns Design Awards and Best Large Extension at the British Homes Awards, as well as being shortlisted for the prestigious Manser Medal.

Projects have been exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, featured on television, and published in national and international media, including The Times, The Sunday Times, Evening Standard, Wallpaper, Grand Designs and RIBA Journal. In 2021, the studio was included in New Architects 4, The Architecture Foundation’s landmark survey of the best emerging practices in British architecture.

Fred Guttfield is Chair of RIBA Berkshire and Vice Chair of the Reading Borough Council Design Review Panel.

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