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3rd Dec 2025

Co-living development architects Readmore

We have recently completed a small co-living project in Clapham, south London, for Dorrington PLC. The design brief was to extend and convert a Victorian property into a six-bedroom co-living scheme. The property had previously been divided into two flats and was in poor condition. There was a two-stage planning strategy for this project. We first secured planning consent to amalgamate the flats…

17th Sep 2025

How to create a home office in London Readmore

Introduction With hybrid working being the new normal, your home office in London must provide the perfect working environment. Whether you are squeezed into your bedroom, spread out on the dining table or have a dedicated room for your office essentials, your home office must optimise your efficiency. Whilst we aren’t all lucky enough to…

30th Jul 2025

What is a licence to alter for freeholder consents? Readmore

Do I need a licence to alter? If you plan to alter or extend your leasehold property, a key consideration is the licence to alter for freeholder consent. It is important to ensure you have all the proper permissions needed before starting work. Before making certain changes to a leasehold property, a legal document called…

5th Nov 2024

Home Renovation on a Budget Readmore

If you are seeking an architect for your home renovation on a budget, we’d be delighted to assist. Architecture for London is an RIBA Chartered Practice. View our portfolio of refurbished homes, or if you would like to discuss your home renovation, please contact us. Transforming your home into the space of your dreams doesn’t…

3rd Jul 2023

Open plan living: How to create a bright and spacious home Readmore

Thoughtful design can unlock the benefits of open plan and broken plan living, but are there any drawbacks? An open plan design allows for the merging of communal areas within a home. Free from partitions, this aids in free-flowing movement and an increase in space. Open plan living started in 1930s America at the beginning…

13th May 2022

Interior design with Francis Bacon Readmore

Though Francis Bacon is scarcely known for the furniture and rug designs he made as a young man, this part of his past gives us significant insight into his self and work. Against the trappings of Bacon’s celebrity in the latter half of the 20th century, all the tales of gambling, drink and rough sex, his violence and his iconoclasm, a somewhat lesser-recalled history is one of his inter-war period, when he worked for a time as an interior designer.

6th Jan 2019

London kitchen extensions – a complete guide Readmore

Kitchen extensions are a valuable way to improve your home, both for you and your family’s enjoyment and for potential resale in future. Current lifestyles generally call for more open plan living, connections to outdoor spaces and a greater feeling of space and light…

4th Aug 2015

North Kensington refurbishment complete Readmore

Our house extension and refurbishment at Brewster Gardens, North Kensington is now complete. The project is a rear and side-return extension featuring bespoke oak framed sliding doors and a frameless window to the garden…

18th Dec 2013

South Kensington architects Readmore

Architecture for London has completed outline design for the refurbishment of a flat in South Kensington. The property is a second floor flat within a large mansion block on Whitehead Grove, in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea…

9th Aug 2013

Gospel Oak house Readmore

Architecture for London has completed detailed design for alterations to a Gospel Oak house, in the Borough of Camden. An existing loft conversion at third floor is reconfigured and improved to provide an additional useable bedroom…