Constructive Individuals is a practice based in York, and run by
architect Phil Bixby. The practice was established in 1985 and
immediately embarked on building a demonstration house at the Energy
World exhibition at Milton Keynes. Since then, the practice has...
Designed one-off houses for individual clients, including a number
of low-energy projects
Designed extensions for houses, many of which have incorporated
investigating improvements in overall energy efficiency
Designed sustainable social housing for housing associations
Run training courses for individual self-builders, both in project
management and practical building skills
Worked with community self-build projects, as architect, as project
manager, as training consultant or as a combination of the three
Written project and site management manuals for the Community Self
Build Agency, and worked as trouble-shooter on group self-build
projects
Designed projects for community groups, both new-build and
conversion of existing buildings, and...
Facilitated masterplanning and community decision-making on projects
of varied scale up to neighbourhood masterplans.
This website gives an idea of what we do and how we go about it, with
examples of recent projects and a regularly-updated blog bringing news
of what we're working on at present.
If you're interested, please get in touch.