FAQ — Award-Winning Residential Architecture in London

Q: What does it mean for an architect to lead a project?

One team holds the design, the cost and the programme from the first sketch to the final inspection. We set the direction, coordinate the consultants and trades, and make decisions in the right order. The work stays coherent because the people directing it can see the whole of it.

Q: Do you design the interior as well as the building?

Yes. We design the architecture and the interior as one piece of work. The tiles, the finishes and the joinery are resolved against the building rather than added afterwards. We do not specify soft furnishings, but the fixed interior is ours and develops alongside the architecture.

Q: Do you design the garden and landscape too?

We take a close interest in the setting and work with landscape designers so the garden develops with the building rather than around it. The aim is a single scheme, inside and out, where the architecture and its surroundings are designed together.

Q: How do you keep a project on budget?

We carry a cost analysis from the early work and revise it at each stage, testing scope against budget so the reasons behind a figure are clear. Where a project needs to come back within range, we work on the plans directly and identify where scope can be reduced without losing what matters.

Q: How do you make sure the work is built to the right quality?

Quality is managed on site as much as on paper. We review samples and mock-ups before anything is committed and look at materials and finishes in detail. Nothing is built without a sign-off process behind it, and where a task calls for a particular skill we bring in the right trades.

Q: How do you keep a project on time?

We agree the programme at tender and track lead times and procurement against it, with key dates set early. Our tender packages are detailed, because the work to resolve a design belongs before construction, not during it. With the design settled, there is less to negotiate on site and the programme is more likely to hold.

Q: Is it better to have one practice lead the whole project?

When design, cost and programme are split between several parties, decisions get made more than once and the design loses coherence. When one practice holds all three, the process is calmer and the result more consistent. We have worked on projects led by others, and the difference is plain.

  
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## Common questions

**What does it mean for an architect to lead a project?**

One team holds the design, the cost and the programme from the first sketch to the final inspection. We set the direction, coordinate the consultants and trades, and make decisions in the right order. The work stays coherent because the people directing it can see the whole of it.

**Do you design the interior as well as the building?**

Yes. We design the architecture and the interior as one piece of work. The tiles, the finishes and the joinery are resolved against the building rather than added afterwards. We do not specify soft furnishings, but the fixed interior is ours and develops alongside the architecture.

**Do you design the garden and landscape too?**

We take a close interest in the setting and work with landscape designers so the garden develops with the building rather than around it. The aim is a single scheme, inside and out, where the architecture and its surroundings are designed together.

**How do you keep a project on budget?**

We carry a cost analysis from the early work and revise it at each stage, testing scope against budget so the reasons behind a figure are clear. Where a project needs to come back within range, we work on the plans directly and identify where scope can be reduced without losing what matters.

**How do you make sure the work is built to the right quality?**

Quality is managed on site as much as on paper. We review samples and mock-ups before anything is committed and look at materials and finishes in detail. Nothing is built without a sign-off process behind it, and where a task calls for a particular skill we bring in the right trades.

**How do you keep a project on time?**

We agree the programme at tender and track lead times and procurement against it, with key dates set early. Our tender packages are detailed, because the work to resolve a design belongs before construction, not during it. With the design settled, there is less to negotiate on site and the programme is more likely to hold.

**Is it better to have one practice lead the whole project?**

When design, cost and programme are split between several parties, decisions get made more than once and the design loses coherence. When one practice holds all three, the process is calmer and the result more consistent. We have worked on projects led by others, and the difference is plain.

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