Architects in Kensington.
Kensington · W8 · Kensington new-build housesCompleted work, photograph
Architecture for Kensington terraces, divided houses and new builds. Drawn by the team that prices and builds.
Kensington, drawn one floor at a time.
- RIBA
- Architects inside a design and build studio
- Two houses
- Designed and built where flats once stood
- HO1, 2024
- Existing homes may not be merged
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Kensington’s houses were often built for one family, then split into flats.
An architect here starts by reading that history, floor by floor.
The borough now protects each of those homes. Merging flats back is resisted.
Communal gardens behind many terraces make the rear elevation count.
Our Kensington new builds began with an old block of flats on the site.
We designed two family houses there, each of 6,500 sq ft.
Both go three floors below the street.
What the borough asks of a Kensington design.
- Council
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, under its Local Plan of July 2024.
- Existing homes
- Policy HO1 resists merging self-contained flats into fewer, larger homes.
- Conservation areas
- About three quarters of the borough. Applications there must be full, not outline.
- Extensions
- Policy CD13. An extension stays below the main eaves and behind the neighbours’ rear line.
- Garden sides
- Rear elevations over communal gardens can matter as much as the front.
- Listed houses
- Policy CD5 counts plan form, floor levels and staircases as part of the listing.
Source: Kensington and Chelsea’s Local Plan 2024, Policies HO1 and CD4 to CD13. Read on 7 October 2026. Policies change, so we read them again for your address.
Drawn and built in the borough.
Kensington·New build
Kensington new-build houses
Two Kensington houses drawn, priced and built by one team, where flats once stood.
See the project
Chelsea·Townhouse
Chelsea townhouse, opened up and fitted out
A Chelsea townhouse in the same borough, opened up under a long rooflight.
See the projectCompleted work, photographs
What architects costs in Kensington.
£250 to £650a sq ft, construction only. Our full renovation band.
£500 to £800a sq ft, construction only. Our super prime finish band.
Architecture is priced per project, from the actual scope.
The build runs on our bands, per square foot, construction only.
A new house and a single flat sit at very different points.
What Kensington owners ask about architecture.
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Further reading, from the journal
Have your architects designed new houses in Kensington?
Yes. Two family houses of 6,500 sq ft each, where an old block stood.
Both go three floors below the street.
Planning came through before the borough tightened its basement rules.
Can I join two Kensington flats into one home?
Rarely. Policy HO1 resists merging existing self-contained homes.
The plan allows a narrow exception for two very substandard flats.
We test it at feasibility, before any drawings.
What does Kensington allow at the back of a terrace?
Policy CD13 keeps an extension subordinate to the house.
It should not pass the neighbours’ rear line, or reach the main eaves.
Garden-facing elevations are judged closely.
Do you submit the Kensington planning application?
Yes. We prepare the drawings and the case, and submit them to the borough.
In a conservation area, that means a full application, not outline.
How are architects’ fees in Kensington priced?
Per project, from the actual scope.
Our quantity surveyor prices the build as the drawings develop.
Tell us about your home in Kensington.
Your name and one way to reply are enough. It goes straight to the studio.
- Already have an architect or designer? We build to their design. Working with your designer
- An NDA on request, and your home is never published without your consent. How we work in confidence