Existing Buildings
Where existing buildings are undervalued, we see an opportunity for owners and developers who are willing to approach reuse with intelligence and long term thinking. We seek to transform the image of buildings that face challenges with policy or use, giving them the clarity and presence needed to serve as lasting assets.
Collaboration and Stewardship
We collaborate with owners and developers who prioritise stewardship, the experience of occupiers, and regulatory deliverability over short-term gains. Our scale means we are hands-on and responsive, whether supporting buildings through renovation, extension, or incremental improvement over time.
Buildings with Potential
Alongside portfolios, we assist with sourcing buildings through ground level research and feasibility studies. We work closely with developers and planning consultants, bringing an architectural ability to identify undervalued buildings with potential for extension, spatial efficiency, better compliance, quality, and resonance with place.
Existing Buildings
Where existing buildings are undervalued, we see an opportunity for owners and developers who are willing to approach reuse with intelligence and long term thinking. We seek to transform the image of buildings that face challenges with policy or use, giving them the clarity and presence needed to serve as lasting assets.
Collaboration and Stewardship
We collaborate with owners and developers who prioritise stewardship, the experience of occupiers, and regulatory deliverability over short-term gains. Our scale means we are hands-on and responsive, whether supporting buildings through renovation, extension, or incremental improvement over time.
Buildings with Potential
Alongside portfolios, we assist with sourcing buildings through ground level research and feasibility studies. We work closely with developers and planning consultants, bringing an architectural ability to identify undervalued buildings with potential for extension, spatial efficiency, better compliance, quality, and resonance with place.
Existing Buildings
Where existing buildings are undervalued, we see an opportunity for owners and developers who are willing to approach reuse with intelligence and long term thinking. We seek to transform the image of buildings that face challenges with policy or use, giving them the clarity and presence needed to serve as lasting assets.
Collaboration and Stewardship
We collaborate with owners and developers who prioritise stewardship, the experience of occupiers, and regulatory deliverability over short-term gains. Our scale means we are hands-on and responsive, whether supporting buildings through renovation, extension, or incremental improvement over time.
Buildings with Potential
Alongside portfolios, we assist with sourcing buildings through ground level research and feasibility studies. We work closely with developers and planning consultants, bringing an architectural ability to identify undervalued buildings with potential for extension, spatial efficiency, better compliance, quality, and resonance with place.
Transforming Existing Buildings
Where existing buildings are undervalued, we see an opportunity for developers who are willing to approach reuse with intelligence and long term thinking. We seek to transform buildings in low-carbon ways, while giving them the operational clarity and presence needed to serve as lasting assets.
The projects shown here are independent studies exploring opportunities for the adaptation, extension and reuse of existing buildings in London. They have not been commissioned by, prepared for, or endorsed by owners, developers, or occupiers of the buildings shown.
Collaboration and Stewardship
We collaborate with estates and developers who prioritise stewardship, the experience of occupiers, and regulatory deliverability. Our scale allows us to be responsive, whether supporting buildings through renovation, extension, or incremental improvement over time.
New Facade and Extension for a 1970s Commercial Building in Fitzrovia
The building on Newman Street is extended by two floors, retaining the existing structure as the basis for a new high-performance envelope and building services strategy. The project targets EPC A, improving operational efficiency and occupier comfort with low embodied carbon.
The facade reuses the granite cladding of the existing frontage, refinished with a fine vertical tooling. The ground floor lintel and cill are made from new pieces of matching stone, creating a high quality facade from sustainable material. Shaped pilasters are formed in polished stainless steel sheet wrapped around LVL timber formers, making a strong rhythm across the facade, and bright reflections in contrast to the dark stone.
The office interiors are serviced with localised MVHR facade units, which heat and cool the building by exchanging air beneath the angled stone spandrels. The units also reduce the need for building-wide servicing, increasing lettable area and ceiling height.
From Secondary Asset to New Entity
The study looks at how a 1960s office building can be converted into a new high-performance entity, with minimal carbon expenditure. Like many buildings in London from this period it is perceived as tired and underperforming, in a market that values operational efficiency, occupant wellbeing and long term resilience.
Despite the challenges, these buildings have qualities that make them highly adaptable, such as regular grids, structural redundancy, limited heritage protection, and shallow floorplates with the potential to accommodate different uses.
The proposal involves a two-storey extension flush with the building below. Compared to a setback or mansard roof, this approach simplifies structural works and increases lettable area. A new high performance facade, dressed in Cumbrian stone, creates an entity with the clarity and purpose of a new building.
The study achieves Grade A workspace and EPC B with generous amenity, photovoltaics, heat pumps, passive night cooling, and an accessible biodiverse garden on the roof.
Transforming a 1960s Warehouse in King’s Cross
A two-storey brick warehouse on the Regent’s Canal in King’s Cross is transformed into apartments and a ground floor commercial space, with a new thermal envelope and roof extension.
A deep-green brick facade, with silver anodised windows and pale green fabric awnings, creates a special architectural environment that connects with the canal landscape. Existing cill levels are dropped to increase the size of window openings, allowing the soft light and sounds from the canal into the apartments.
Low-carbon cement-replacement concrete is used for the quay to make a durable base where the building is most vulnerable. It extends the interiors to the water’s edge, and could be used either by residents, or by the commercial space for leisure and watersports.
City Rooftop Lofts
A 19th century office building on the City fringe is extended by three floors, providing loft apartments with roof terraces and views across the City. The facade is conceived as an intensified version of the existing building, with brick piers and precast lintels, while precast details reference the white concrete beam-ends of the neighbouring 1960s facade. A separate entrance at the rear allows both mixed tenure, and works to be carried out without significant disruption to existing tenants.
New facade and roof extension for a 1970s commercial building in Fitzrovia
New facade and roof extension for a 1970s commercial building in Fitzrovia
Extension and renovation of a 1960s office building in Camden
A new facade and extension for a 1960s warehouse in King's Cross
A new facade and extension for a 1960s warehouse in King's Cross
Extension and retrofit of a 19th century office building in the City of London