The project involved converting a large double garage with adjoining office into a dedicated home recording studio. The brief required a spacious live room for full band recording and a control room centred on a Neve BCM10 console with Ex Machina Soundworks Pulsa MKII monitors. A separate breakout space with kitchenette, bathroom and storage kept the facility functionally independent from the family home.

Close proximity to a main road and a light aircraft flight path shaped the acoustic strategy. External noise levels demanded a robust isolation approach, while the existing roof structure proved structurally unsound and restricted the available headroom in the studio. This constraint created the opportunity for one of the project’s defining features: a vaulted live room ceiling offering significant internal volume, improved acoustic response and a clear architectural presence. Baseline sound isolation tests informed refinement of the overall build up.

A new extension was constructed to house breakout and welfare facilities, with the architecture integrated into the original structure to maintain a coherent flow and practical working layout.

The vaulted live room ceiling provides generous internal volume, an enhanced acoustic response and a clear visual presence within the space. Set in a rural location, the studio benefits from its surroundings as an inspiring environment for writing sessions, long form production work and full band recording.

Daylight and outward views were introduced without compromising isolation, using steel framed acoustic windows and doors supplied by Future Fire Solutions. These systems maintain the required performance against external noise while preserving a visual connection to the landscape. The interior palette draws subtle cues from the environment, pairing natural tones with a clean, modern finish.The result was a unified isolation strategy where walls, floors, ceilings, junctions and penetrations aligned to meet the required performance targets.