Our Approach

At TNA we get excited by Ideas. We believe that a strong idea helps guide a project through the thousands of design decisions that are necessary to produce a cohesive building. Ideas are generated by a response to the site & its climate and are gleaned through hand-drawn sketches done on site. The ideas are then sculpted through the section & plan into hand-drawn concept drawings, which are presented to Clients for approval. Once accepted, the latest techniques in digital modelling technology (BIM) are used to build a virtual model of the building. The model is continually developed to fully resolve the design whilst communicating the ideas in three dimensions with Clients & all other parties to the building project. At TNA Clients have the freedom to explore the model & integrated drawings themselves at their leisure, to properly understand the design & become actively engaged in the design process. TNA continues to work collaboratively with Clients until they are fully satisfied & share ownership of the design.

At TNA everything we do has sustainability at its core. Whether making initial decisions about whether to renovate or build new, or implementing passive solar design principles and specifying thermally efficient building envelopes, or energy efficient building systems, we aim to minimise the energy & carbon emmissions associated with a project, not only during the build, but for the lifetime of the building. This fundamental approach delivers buildings that are not only a joy to inhabit, but that are good for your wellbeing and for the wellbeing of the planet.