Oak-frame architect profile Pete Cummins Architect

Pete Cummins Architect is a Fife-based practice specialising in, and with considerable experience in, designing post and beam green-oak-framed houses and extensions. Projects cover a wide variety of building types throughout Fife, Scotland and Britain.

main imagePete Cummins Architect has gained hands-on knowledge of traditional and contemporary timber frame working as a designer with the award-winning Carpenter Oak & Woodland, one of Britain’s leading oak frame manufacturers.

The practice specialises in the design of oak-framed buildings, including homes, extensions, refurbishments and engineered timber structures.

Successful integration of a traditional or contemporary oak frame with a house design can be a challenge and having someone with a full understanding of this method of construction is a real advantage to clients.

Pete Cummins Architect can advise clients about appropriate styles of framing for their project, types of timber to use (oak or Douglas fir, for example) and alternative design options to suit a client’s needs and budget.

Green oak framing has unique characteristics not found in man-made building products. Using hand-crafted traditional mortice and tenon joints appeals to many clients and it is this combination of craft and a natural sustainable material which gives oak-framed houses their exceptional beauty.

As a director of the community charity Dynamic Woods, Pete Cummins is a strong believer in using sustainable and responsibly sourced timber.

Customers’ comments

“The completed house fulfilled all of our requirements excellently. The house is situated in a superb site with excellent views, which are utilised fully by the design and orientation of the house. We would have no hesitation recommending him to future clients or indeed using him again.”Martin & Donna Ryan , Londonderry, N. Ireland

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Pete Cummins Architect

1 West Road
Charlestown
Fife
KY11 3EW

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