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Architecture and Masterplanning
We provide a full range of traditional architectural services to
clients throughout the world
Independent Schools
We have extensive experience in designing all types of buildings found within independent schools, from boarding houses, swimming pools, sports halls, specialist teaching facilities, libraries and dining halls for both Prep Schools and Senior Schools.
Masterplanning
Schools often go through phases of development sparked by changes in their circumstances or position relative to competitors. Before embarking on major capital investments many appoint us to undertake a campus masterplan. This process reviews the existing estate, identifies spare capacity, highlights weaknesses in their facilities relative to the sector and explores options for how best to re-shape their facilities in order to deliver their goals for the future. We help guide the school through the process offering expert advice and creative ideas to maximise the impact of any capital spend. We typically complete a wide-ranging consultation with the whole school community to understand the issues and ethos of the school. We often include a Space Audit which produces analytical data such as room utilisation within the timetable to highlight inefficiencies and limit the need for expensive new build projects.
By helping the school to critical review its existing condition, goals and ambitions for the future, a campus masterplan can ensure a sensible phased strategic framework for development.
Project Management
As Architects specialising in the Independent Schools sector with an extensive portfolio spanning over 20 years, we have gained the knowledge and expertise to successfully Project Manage projects on behalf of our clients.
We monitor, manage and administer complex projects and are skilled at working with multiple stakeholders within Independent Schools. We aim to help our clients to get maximise their value for money from each project we undertake.
International Schools
In recent years we have been invited to apply our experience of the Independent School sector to international school projects, in particular in China and the Middle East. We have worked for clients including Brighton College and Malvern College, completing strategic appraisals to address questions of capacity and the potential for expansion. We have completed several campus masterplans which have led to building projects, including a prep school teaching facility at Brighton College Al-Ain. We bring our knowledge of the British Independent School sector and apply it to the cultural context of the local setting.