How We Do It
Our Approach
We create homes that are truly handcrafted, where our clients will live life, love and laugh. It is our privilege and great responsibility to design such intimate and personalised spaces to be enjoyed in the company of friends, family and loved ones. How we achieve such exceptional results is underpinned by our approach to luxury interior design, architecture and construction management.
Teamwork & Trust
“He’d fly through the air with the greatest of ease, that daring young man on the flying trapeze.” So goes a lyric dedicated to the French acrobat, Jules Leotard.
Ambitious acts succeed when teams trust in the hands they’re holding. Our clients trust us to deliver their bespoke home design projects, because our open book management allows complete transparency and control over their investment. It is what enables exceptional quality and value in procurement and assures our clients of an exceptional project outcome, by all definitions.
Size & Scale
In the world of architecture and luxury interiors, projects of different size and scale are equally worthy of inspirational design and meticulous attention to detail. Previous clients have come to us with a range of briefs and requirements — from lateral apartments and pied-à-terre in prime central London to townhouses and country estates. A two-bedroom apartment in Knightsbridge receives the same depth of thought as a country house in the Cotswolds. The commonality between our projects is never their scale, but the degree of consideration, refinement and luxury that goes into each design — and, where beneficial, we appoint landscape designers, lighting designers and other specialist consultants from the outset to ensure a fully integrated result.
Style & Convention
French impressionist and abstract expressionist, Claude Monet and Jackson Pollock epitomise the breadth that exists in personal taste. What one observer finds pleasing, another finds too literal or unreal. Indeed, “painting is self-discovery” said Jackson Pollock.
Similarly our work is a reflection of who our clients are and how they wish to live, a canvas for life’s brush strokes, as diverse as each of them. Sometimes bold and dramatic; other times subtle and sensitive.
From classical orders to modern and vernacular styles, our multi-culturally diverse team is adept across them all — able to challenge convention when there is opportunity to deliver something exceptional without exception.
Attention to Detail
In 1961 famed furniture designers Charles and Ray Eames scripted the importance of details in design. Together they outlined how the details of a design aren’t simply the details — they are the design.
Imbued with these seminal ideas, we’ve learnt to pay particular attention to the detail of our work, because it’s what makes the design truly unique — like the intricacies of a snowflake — never to be repeated. Whether we’ve commissioned a master craftsman to produce bespoke cabinetry for a child’s play room or detailed a bathroom skirting in bespoke marble for an absolutely perfect finish. It is always our promise to deliver a truly exceptional design that is bespoke to the requirements and tastes of each of our clients.
Explore Further
Discover more about our team, explore our portfolio of completed luxury interior design and architecture projects, or get in touch to discuss your own.
Our approach applied to period homes — the guide to restoring Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian houses sets out how process and heritage sit together.
How We Work — Questions
Concept and feasibility, developed design, technical design, tender and contract, construction, handover and aftercare. These roughly correspond to RIBA Stages 1–7. Each stage has defined deliverables and an agreed fee tranche.
A conversation. Phone or email the studio, describe the property and what you are trying to achieve, and we will arrange an initial meeting. There is no charge for this stage and no obligation.
Following the initial meeting and a brief feasibility review, we provide a detailed fee proposal covering the scope of work, stage payments, and our programme assumptions. The client approves the proposal before we begin.
After practical completion, the studio stays available for a minimum of twelve months — longer for integrated projects. This covers snagging, defects management, final adjustments, and continued access to the team during the first year of occupation.
