Expertise

Four disciplines,
one drawing set.

Most projects need all four. Keeping them in one studio is what prevents a good plan becoming an ordinary room.

Residential renovation

Whole-house projects, rear extensions, loft conversions and the awkward basements under London terraces. Structure and services are resolved on paper before finishes are chosen.

Interior design

Room layouts, bespoke joinery, lighting design and the material palette. We provide drawings a joiner can build from, not mood boards.

Architectural planning

Concept design, planning applications and listed-building consents, coordinated with structural engineers and conservation officers.

Bespoke finishes

Lime plaster, stone, oak and unlacquered brass, specified with the makers who will actually install them.

Process

From survey
to snagging.

A project runs in five stages. Nothing moves to the next until the one before it is signed off, which is slower at the start and considerably faster at the end.

Survey & brief

Measured survey, light study and a written brief agreed with everyone who will live in the house.

Concept & planning

Plans, sections and one visual per key room. We do not draw six options; we draw the one we would build.

Technical design

Construction drawings, joinery details, electrical and lighting layouts, and a costed schedule.

Build

Site inspections at agreed stages, with one point of contact and a written weekly note.

Handover

Snagging, care instructions for the finishes, and a folder with every specification used.

Materials

Surfaces that
record use.

A material palette is chosen for how it will age, not how it photographs on the day it is installed. Limestone wears where people walk. Brass dulls. Oak darkens. Lime plaster takes the light differently every hour.

Stone

Honed limestone for floors, unpolished where it will get wet.

Timber

European oak, quarter-sawn for stability, finished with hard wax oil.

Plaster

Three-coat lime plaster, hand-floated, left unpainted.

Metal

Unlacquered brass and blackened steel, made by two small workshops.

Four disciplines,one drawing set.