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Clare Nash
Director · Clare Nash Architecture
Clare Nash, founder of Clare Nash Architecture and author, on running a small UK practice. Hear her Architecture Social podcast episode.
- Current role
- Director
- Practice
- Clare Nash Architecture
- Location
- Oxfordshire, UK
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2025
The story so far
The path behind Clare's work.
Clare Nash is the founder and director of Clare Nash Architecture, a small practice working across Oxfordshire, South Northamptonshire, North Buckinghamshire and South Warwickshire.
A RIBA chartered architect with a master's in vernacular architecture and regeneration, Clare set up her practice during the last recession and has grown it to a team of six. The studio is known for barn conversions, eco homes, listed building work, self-builds and small residential developments, with design rooted in the local vernacular and a strong focus on sustainability.
Episode 0240 · Architecture Social · 56:23
Small Practice, Big Impact: Claire Nash on Cash Flow, Clients and Confidence
Small architecture practices do not fail because they care too little about design. They usually struggle because cash flow, clients, confidence, pricing and marketing are harder than people admit.
Inside the conversation
6 moments to start with- 01
00:00 · Welcome to the Architecture Social Show
- 02
01:17 · Meet Claire Nash
- 03
01:50 · Starting an architecture practice
- 04
03:34 · Challenges of running a small practice
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05:58 · Cash flow and client payments
- 06
20:25 · Marketing strategies for architects
Profile in brief
The work and context behind Clare's conversation.
- Current role
- Director
- Practice
- Clare Nash Architecture
- Location
- Oxfordshire, UK
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Meet the practice behind the work.
We are a friendly team of passionate designers who love to help people realise their architectural dreams. We also care deeply about the environment, creating environmentally sound designs that reduce the need for excessive energy consumption.
- Oxfordshire
- Residential
- Conservation
- Retrofit
Podcast · moments that play
Start where the idea starts.
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Meet Claire Nash
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Starting an architecture practice
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Challenges of running a small practice
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Cash flow and client payments
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Marketing strategies for architects
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Public speaking and networking
Selected work from Clare Nash Architecture
Three projects, one connected practice.
A closer look at the practice’s work
Coolington Barn
A former agricultural barn and its ruined outbuildings were transformed into a light-filled home arranged around a south-facing courtyard.
View project →Barn Conversion in a Conservation Area
An unusual curved barn was converted into an energy-efficient home while retaining the character of its conservation-area setting.
View project →Energy Efficient Barn-Style House
A two-storey rural home combines a barn-like form and local materials with close-to-Passivhaus energy performance.
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