Paul Vick Architects
Areas of expertise: office, low energy design, mixed use and regeneration, cultural and care buildings.
Paul Vick Architects has developed a ground-breaking approach to achieving profitability for commercial, cultural, regeneration, and care projects.
This approach has allowed them to boast a 100% planning permission record with new build, listed, unlisted, and conservation areas; giving confidence a client's vision can succeed and be profitable. Planning also allows you to be able to do your project at all. It is a definition of viability and the basis for securing serious funding. It is cheaper than doing it twice and clients often get more than expected.
Paul Vick Architects has achieved over 150 permissions in the last 17 years, including with institutions, local authorities, and privately; for example with a global telecoms HQ in London.
BUILD’s Best Commercial Architecture Firm, London 2023, Most Innovative Architecture Firm London 2018, 2019 and 2020 (AI), Best Cultural Architecture Practice UK 2019, Best Construction Adviser UK 2017.
Phone +44 207 9936 573
Address 80-82 Chiswick High Road, London W4 5JA
Website www.paulvick.co.uk
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What is your design approach?
We create returns through a particular approach to identity, connection, resilience, and regenerative design. We identify where value lies for you now and in the future. The architecture addresses your changing business and wider values in cultural and commercial settings. This has resulted in enhanced value and enviable return for clients. It is also a very engaging way to work together.
You have lectured on value enhancement and inspiration; what is this about?
Architecture can add value to your property investments by translating knowledge into physical buildings in six distinct, measurable ways - economic, use, social, image, environmental and cultural. Done well, the results are inspirational.
For example, we have created low energy new build and retrofit designs and I designed an 8000home zero carbon development. Integrating the right environmental strategies has achieved economy and higher value.
Can you give examples where you have added value above client expectations?
Glass bridge that lights up at night, office fit out to global communications company HQ, London, UK: the 15m long glass bridge establishes an identity that emphasises a dynamic connectivity for the brand. The design has been achieved with a minimal number of glass joints, something that required precise rainwater management, concealed lighting and integrated support connections that blend with the existing building facades.
The bridge, a new format of refectory, and specific office desk layouts foster connection and belonging so important to staff and client retention. Reception costs are reduced by the bridge, and space thought to be unusable has been brought into productive use. An additional storey more than anticipated by the brief, was achieved under planning.
Royal Ordnance Depot, Northampton, UK: At a major 22 acre Grade II Listed ex-military Napoleonic era site and only one of its kind, we have developed with our client Michael Chittenden a site wide vision and are achieving detailed planning consents on a rolling basis for new build and reuse.
Consents achieved and built out include an office hub, business accommodation, retail, and a visitors’ centre, with boutique hotel and care home planned. The site’s heritage value is strategically used to create a future cultural legacy increasing footfall, stay-on-site time, and boosting room occupancy to drive client revenue.
The practice has also undertaken the vision for a range of business types at the five acre Ordnance Store sister site.
Innovation Warehouse, Smithfield, London UK: With Corporation of London and Innovation Warehouse, it claims to be the first of its kind for co-working and is possibly the holy grail for profitable work, as well as economic regeneration.
"Their planning permission record is impressive. The building even more so. Each project is more than a job, it is a journey and an adventure. They play with light, colours, and textures to create exceptional structures. We’re sure to see more than their commercial services flourish for the years to come" - Judges comments on Paul Vick architects winning Best Commercial Architecture Firm, London 2023.
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