About

Our Values

The values of Spirit Architecture are at the heart of every project:

Creativity

Spirit Architecture will always seek to Create Inspiring Design and look for the best solution to some your problem, be it governed by budget, location or due to its status.

Collaboration

Spirit Architecture will always seek a collaborative working relationship with the clients and the design and construction teams we work with.

Helpfulness

Spirit Architecture will always seek to provide a helpful solution to a problem and will always offer advice and assistance where we can, or suggest others if we cannot.

Authenticity

Spirit Architecture will always present and true and honest representation of the Company when dealing with our customers and other professional working bodies.

How We Work

Matthew Hollingsworth

BA.BARCH.RIBA.CA

Nationality British
Profession Architect
Year of Birth 1972

Matthew Hollingsworth is a award winning, RIBA Accredited Conservation Architect and Historic Buildings Consultant having been an accredited Conservation Architect since 2005.

Matthew is an Inspecting Architect for some 15 churches across the Gloucester, Worcester, Oxford and Hereford Diocese as well as being Conservation Architect to Grade I listed Estates, HLF Funded Church Re-ordering Projects and Historic England and Natural England grant funded repair and restoration projects

Matthew Hollingsworth set up Spirit Architecture, a Chartered RIBA Practice, in 2008 to provide high quality Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Architectural design and a personal service to our clients.

To become a Chartered Practice, architectural practices need to comply with strict criteria in an accreditation scheme that gives you, the client, a mark of quality. So by choosing a RIBA Chartered Practice you can expect a certain level of excellence in design and service. The scheme has been developed by RIBA following client and government feedback. It ensures that all accredited members work to a common set of standards.

Spirit Architecture uses traditional and new materials in both traditional design and contemporary design alongside a keen interest in sustainability and low carbon building solutions to make buildings low impact and future-proof while retaining the key historic and cultural interests.

Matthew’s other interests include long distance running and having been brought up by the sea I like visiting the UK coast (especially North Cornwall and North Norfolk) with my wife Debbie, our son James and love to travel abroad to soak up new cultures. I have an investment in a Teak Plantation company based in Sri Lanka and Thailand and I have other interests including Construction and Property Development.

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