Track Record/London Boroughs

Westminster/ Marylebone Mews

In an elegant mews near Marylebone High Street HEAT have obtained planning consent to create a spacious basement and remodel the house completely creating a new kitchen and family room in the double height basement with five bedrooms upstairs all with en-suite bathrooms. At the top a new roof terrace was permitted. Outdoor amenity space is at a premium in this kind of property so this was a valuable addition to the scheme. Fitted furniture and interiors have been designed in detail to maximise the available space internally.

Project 110

Won/02.07.10

Developer/New Build/Wandsworth/ Business Centre Success

On the site of a former removals depot in Wandsworth, HEAT have gained a valuable planning consent for 15,000 sqm of new light industrial floorspace over 32 units. The site was designed to be readily navigable with a subtle design and branding that helped make the site easy to understand. A steel frame with flexible interior spaces allowed the maximum  development potential from the site.

There was a strong focus on sustainability with sustainable, recycled  building materials, grey water re-use and on-site solar generation.

Project 086

Won/27.03.10

Developer/Kensington & Chelsea/ Notting Hill Development – Updated

This infill development had won consent at appeal a couple of years previously and HEAT were asked by the developers to re-examine the scheme from a commercial point of view. The consent was for a mix of flats behind traditional façades and HEAT, having considered the demand in the area and the layouts, opted for the opposite approach –  infilling the site with nine small houses to match the urban pattern in the area behind contemporary façades, with large windows. HEAT held preliminary negotiations with the conservation team Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea who were exceptionally helpful, and established feasibility prior to the sale of the site.

Update: HEAT have obtained planning and conservation area consent from RBKC for this valuable scheme.

Project 077

Won/14.11.09

Islington/Permitted development/ 1930’s Extension

In Highbury there is a curious secluded private road developed in the 1930’s. A slice of idealistic New Town in an urban setting. For this project HEAT opened up the lower floor plan creating lateral living spaces, removing a hideous modern conservatory and replacing it with this sleek glazed extension which complements the linear elevations of the original house. Planning consent was not necessary from Islington Council, as the extension was built under permitted development.

Project 112

Won/08.05.09

Camden/Developer/ Mews Development in Camden

HEAT have obtained planning consent for a landmark development of nine news houses on a sensitive site near Swiss Cottage. This valuable consent generated 1364 sqm of floorspace to replace a two of lock-up garages and was a well-thought out solution for an awkward site. The design of the houses responded to the scale and patterns of the Victorian mews houses opposite and was carefully designed to meet the requirements for daylight and sunlight.

Project 090

Won/08.09.08

Education/Westminster/ Oxford House College

Oxford House College is a language school based in central London. HEAT carried out the refurbishment of their new four storey premises including creating Classrooms, a library, Common Room, Staff Room and cafeteria together with signage and branding. The design successfully used existing elements of the Edwardian interiors and created fresh and creative interior spaces for learning.

Project 117

Won/03.08.08

Education/Kensington & Chelsea/ College Review

Ashbourne College is a private sixth form college near High Street Kensington. HEAT were asked to review the internal layout and make proposals for expanding the premises. School budgets and timetables are cyclical and it is helpful for schools to have a premises development plan in place to avoid making changes in one year that stymie plans for development the following year. HEAT undertook a quick feasibility study of three options for development.

Project 115

Won/08.04.08

Kensington & Chelsea/ Chelsea Rental Refurbishment

This project involved the straightforward refurbishment of a small gem of a terraced house in an elegant street in Chelsea. The owner had not used the house for some years and had decided to rent it out, but the house needed some refurbishment and the spaces needed to be reorganised to make the most of them. HEAT held initial briefing meetings with the client and were handed the keys. Some five months later we handed them back with the job completed and a three year tenancy in place.

Project 091

Won/01.02.08

Kensington & Chelsea/ Holland Park Extension

Building  in the confines of a densely developed area like the Holland Park conservation area is never easy, but HEAT have obtained planning and conservation area consent for a glazed extension with a lead roof as part of a complete refurbishment of this elegant terraced house. Our client is an interior designer and has chosen contemporary finishes which harmonise with the Victorian house and bring the light into the interior and make most of the views.

Project 109

Won/10.01.08

Education/Haringey/ North London Primary School

A problem common to many schools is that capital funding comes in annual tranches and is often uncertain or reserved for specific projects. So schools often grow in a haphazard fashion and the IT suite that you added last year turns out to be in the wrong location when you come to upgrade the playground the following year.

For St Martin of Porres primary school in the London Borough of Haringey, HEAT drew up a master plan for development of the school over the next ten years. This included new amenities such as a multipurpose hall and landscaping – gardens for each key stage and new entrance and circulation. This allowed the school to bid for funding and plan their resources efficiently.

HEAT involved all the stakeholders; children, parents, staff and the local community and led the negotiations with the local authority and DfES. We held an “Architecture Day” at the school, giving talks to the children on techniques such as measuring, construction and design and then led a series of workshops where the pupils designed their own interpretations of the new school.

Project 069

Won/09.10.07