Track Record/Recent Wins

Listed Building/Outside London/ Arts and Crafts House in Surrey

HEAT have obtained planning and listed building consent for new dormer windows and an attic conversion at this charming listed country house near Godalming. Built by Ernest Newton in 1911 in a blend of modernism and Arts and Crafts, we researched the correspondence with the architect and builders from when the house was built and tracked down the original suppliers of the roof tiles and the windows in nearby Haslemere commissioning replicas so that the new interventions blend seamlessly with the original.

Project 125

Won/10.04.10

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

Developer/New Build/Overseas/ Ski Club

HEAT have been working with ALEF Architects to produce plans for a ski resort hotel North of Moscow including landscaping. The resort includes 40,000 sq ft of restaurants, club rooms, a health spa and the design consists of a series of volumes arranged around an arc with full glazing facing towards the landscape and views.

Project 130

Won/25.06.09

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

Listed Building/Outside London/ Listed House refurbishment

HEAT have gained planning and listed building consent for the refurbishment of an Arts and Crafts house in Surrey. The house was built with a servants’ wing that had been largely unchanged for a hundred years and this project was to update and restore this wing creating a comfortable five bedroom family home, whilst keeping the detail and feeling of the original design.

Project 087

Won/05.08.08

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