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Grade 2 listed building consent Kingston

23 May 2022/admin

Grade 2 listed building consent and planning consent were granted last week for the adaptation of a town centre grade 2 listed building. This is excellent news for the vitality of the town centre transforming a vacant unit into...

Planning consent Surbiton

Homes, News

23 May 2022/admin

Planning consent was given earlier this month for upgrading this 1930's house. It includes rebuilding the side extensions, a new rear extension, and ground floor...

Apartment re-fit Notting Hill

Homes, Interiors, News

23 April 2022/admin

This apartment re-fit contract began on site today. It is an interior design project, led by Lei Wang, transforming all rooms of this top floor apartment in the beautiful St Quintin Conservation Area of North Kensington. It includes complete...

Extension options in conservation area

Homes, News

20 April 2022/admin

We provided designs to explore options for extending and upgrading this house in a conservation area. We discussed these with the planning authority. As a result of this exercise our client has decided it would be more beneficial to...

Upgrade strategy Isleworth

Homes, News

30 March 2022/admin

We have just completed a feasibility study for this property. We called it a Needs & Options review. It enabled our client to formulate a plan of action for upgrade work, which aligned budget with aspirations. It included both...

Richmond Society Award

News

13 November 2021/admin

slide from award presentation ceremony Proud to be the architect for this award winning...

Interior design boost

Interiors, News

3 August 2021/admin

We are delighted to be working with Lei Wang of Madecube. Her design talents enable us to offer a comprehensive interior design package. The image is from one of our current projects at concept...

Town centre revitalisation in Teignmouth

Heritage, News, Residential, Retail

30 July 2021/admin

Consent for this was granted early in July. The unit is the landmark building with the witch's hat roof in the centre of the image. The building is identified as "outstanding" in its contribution to the conservation area....

Accessible bathroom

Interiors, News

23 July 2021/admin

Local builder has just completed an accessible bathroom in Hertfordshire for 90+ year old client with mobility issues. Our interior design service included purchasing all the fittings from mobility specialist supplier, AKW. Karnedean flooring still to be...

Mixed use feasibility Midlands

Mixed use, News

13 May 2021/admin

Just completed a mixed use costed feasibility for a client in the...

Barn conversion feasibility Wiltshire

Heritage, News

15 April 2021/admin

Just completed a feasibility study with initial concept for a barn conversion for client in...

Final Certificate for Twickenham refurb

News, Residential

11 January 2021/admin

The building regulations Final Certificate was issued today for this project in Twickenham comprising a whole house & garden refurbishment for a 1970's townhouse type of property. Thanks to Petru Popov and team from GPS Construction for great work...

Architectural employment opportunity

Blog, News

12 December 2020/admin

Philip Kassanis Architect & Urban Designer has a burgeoning number of projects including domestic and High Street schemes and government funded work on dwellings for the future; and is looking for someone to share the workload. It would be...

Isleworth conservation area

News, Residential

5 September 2020/admin

Planning consent just recieved for this side and rear extension in a conservation...

Garage conversion in Twickenham town house

News, Residential

23 July 2020/admin

Planning consent has just been received for the conversion of a garage into a habitable room. Normally as long as a new facade is in character with the existing building and the street scene then it would be permitted...

Piggy back loft extension

News, Residential

23 June 2020/admin

Pre-application advice has just been received from Kingston upon Thames planning authority for this proposal. The outcome was helpful to the client for deciding on a strategy for upgrading the property. The pre-application route was chosen because the client was...

Wandsworth Certificate of Lawful Development

News, Residential

20 June 2020/admin

Just received for a small extension in...

Twickenham Certificate of Lawful Development

News, Residential

16 June 2020/admin

Just received for a garden room. This is part of a wider scheme for complete house refurbishment for which planning consent is...

Planning application for re-purposing former High Street bank

Heritage, News, Residential, Retail

9 May 2020/admin

We have just submitted this application. More than a third of UK banks branches have been closed in the last 5 years according to Which. This has been driven by a rapid increase in online and mobile banking, and...

Hounslow Certificate of Lawful Development

News, Residential

12 February 2020/admin

Just received for minor external alterations including relocation of front door for this property in a conservation area. These were part of a wider scheme to reconfigure the layout of the house...

visualisation of extension to Vineyard Community Centre

Consent for Community Centre Extension

Community, Heritage, News

2 July 2019/admin

At the end of last week planning consent was received for this project. The application was submitted in May and it took 7 weeks for the Decision Notice to be issued without any discussion or negotiation with the local...

Vineyard Community Centre Extension

Community, Heritage, News

13 June 2019/admin

With a track record of success in resolving tricky access issues for the Vineyard Life Church (VLC) & Vineyard Community Centre and steering them through planning (2017 and 2019), VLC commissioned Philip Kassanis to design and then make a...

Topography and heritage 2

Blog, Heritage, News, Residential, Urban design

27 March 2019/admin

The last post featured Park Green's site in Stoke Gabriel with a focus on the topography. This was a challenge in the first instance for the design but then an ongoing headache for the build process. If that was...

Topography and heritage 1

Blog, News, Residential

26 March 2019/admin

Last week's visit to Devon - referred to in the previous post - included a visit to Park Green's Gabriel Court site in the village of Stoke Gabriel. This is a development of 13 dwellings but heritage and topography...

Challenging topography

Blog, News, Residential

25 March 2019/admin

Last week Philip Kassanis was in Devon visiting both the sites that he has been helping Park Green with on a freelance basis. The photograph is from the site in Shaldon where the first house of 10 houses (not...

Consent for new external feature to heritage asset

Blog, Community, Heritage, News

18 March 2019/admin

In November 2018, the Vineyard Life Church (VLC) was in an advanced stage of negotiations with a local school to provide it with "pack away" nursery accommodation on its premises. This would only be feasible if the inside space,...

Consent for inclusive access proposals

Community, Heritage, News

20 December 2017/admin

2 weeks ago planning consent was received for a raft of inclusive access measures for the Vineyard Life Church & Vineyard Community Centre. This is a major milestone for the client because it unlocks the charitable funding to enable...

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