LEES ASSOCIATES LEES AARCHITECTURESSO AND CDESIGNIATES ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN LEES ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Lees Associates LLP Lancaster House 38 Southwark Street London SE1 1UN +44 (0)20 7403 1000 leesassociates.com [email protected] @leesassociates RIBA Chartered Practice INTRODUCTION Thank you for taking time to look at our We take pride in our reputation for company brochure, which brings together delivering an optimum product and service, a collection of some of the projects that we irrespective of budget. We specially tailor have had the privilege to be involved with our role and scope for each project to meet over the last thirty-five years. every aspect of the client’s brief, budget and programme. Our clients’ projects are Lees Associates is an RIBA Chartered our projects. Every one, irrespective of size architecture and interior design practice. or value, receives the same high level of We operate in the residential, retail, care and attention from our experienced commercial and hospitality sectors in-house team. throughout London, the UK and internationally. We offer clients a creative, This brochure illustrates and reinforces collaborative, professional and hands-on our credentials as one of London and the approach. UK’s leading premium design and delivery practices. Since the practice’s foundation in 1981 the common thread to a large proportion We offer an initial consultation free of of Lees Associates’ projects has been charge to all prospective clients. If you are their position at the top end of the market. interested in discussing a project or would We regularly work on high-end, premium- like to find out more about us, please quality projects for discerning clients who contact us by telephone or email. demand the best possible service and buildings of the highest quality. It has been a pleasure to work for a selection of elite and successful clients, premium brands and well-established organisations on some of the the world’s most exclusive properties, including many well-known, iconic buildings. 2 PB PB PRACTICE PROFILE Lees Associates LLP is an architecture and maximising space and light, down to the interior design practice based in central smallest details. We relish the opportunity London, just a few hundred metres from to create something wonderful that The Shard. enriches the lives of its users. Led by directors Andrew Paulson and Lees Associates’ reputation for leading Kathryn Archer, with over forty years’ design teams on high-profile, high-value experience between them, the practice projects with professionalism and care has established itself as one of the UK’s has led us to be regularly invited to act as foremost luxury design and delivery executive architect for some of the world’s practices with a proud reputation for foremost designers. Our clients and achieving the highest quality within an colleagues recognise how the attention agreed budget and programme. Every to detail that we invest in every project project is director-led with an appropriate ensures a smooth process from concept project team being drawn from the to completion. practice’s team of talented architects, interior designers and technicians. We are known for leading and coordinating project design teams on very complex, Our creative team looks beyond fashion or high-profile and often commercially a “house style”. For each project we take sensitive projects, including at One Hyde time to understand the clients needs and Park, Harrods and Cornwall Terrace. aspirations. We gain inspiration from the client, the brief, the site and appropriate Lees Associates is dedicated to the very or innovative technologies and materials. highest standards of design and client Every project is unique, with its own raison service. The practice’s reputation and d’etre and character. Our team unlocks success is a testament to this commitment. this and carries it through the design of the project, from building proportions, PB PB SERVICES SECTORS The role of the architect varies from Architecture Luxury residential Retail project to project; whether providing a Creating and remodelling exclusive Working with international premium brands traditional “full service” for a private client Interior design private homes in London, the UK and in some of the world’s most prestigious or a supporting role to an experienced internationally. stores, including Selfridges and Harrods. developer, the choice of architect is crucial Executive architecture to the success of any project. Project management Lees Associates offer a full range of Prime residential developments Work place services (listed right) with particular Turn-key services Delivering new-build and refurbished Over 30 years experience in a variety of specialism in the sectors listed opposite. properties for developers and development office environments, from new-builds in Our precise scope and involvement is Principal Designer managers in the prime and super-prime the City of London to converting listed tailored to suit each project to provide best (CDM Regulations 2015) market. properties into 21st century trading floors. value to our clients. Space audit & planning We specialise in pulling together expert teams of consultants chosen specifically Strategy masterplanning Conservation and restoration Hotel and leisure for each project based on their experience, Overseeing the restoration and rejuvenation Experts in prime hotel and serviced reputation and suitability, all of whom of historic listed properties, preserving apartment projects – new-builds and we have established successful working their historic features and at the same refurbishments – including design of suites, relationships with over the last 35 years. time sensitively introducing contemporary communal areas, restaurants, swimming interventions that reflect the way we live pools, spas, gyms etc. today. PB PB RESIDENTIAL CORNWALL TERRACE REGENT’S PARK, LONDON Client Private Area 17,500 sq.ft. Cost £27 million approx. Lees Associates were appointed ahead of notable competition to oversee the complete refurbishment and fit-out of a Grade I listed home overlooking Regent’s Park. Originally designed by Decimus Burton as part of John Nash’s masterplan, the property had undergone substantial changes in the 1980s. Acting as architect, interior designer and lead consultant, Lees Associates’ prime- residential team sensitively restored what original features remained and returned Regency period details to the principal rooms of the house where these had been lost. A more contemporary feel was introduced to some areas, notably the bathrooms and a state-of-the-art swimming pool and spa. Throughout the design process Lees Associates used their experience to successfully negotiate the necessary planning and listed building consents with Westminster’s conservation officers, English Heritage and The Crown Estate’s surveyors. PB PB CORNWALL TERRACE PB PB L L L L L L L L PB PB CORNWALL TERRACE PB PB DIXTON MANOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE Client Private Area 12,000 sq.ft. Cost £3.5 million Lees Associates were reappointed by an existing client after we successfully completed their listed London home. We oversaw a substantial scope of works to their country home, a Grade II* listed Cotswold manor house dating back to 1555. The house had evolved markedly over the centuries and it was clear that a rationalisation of the various disparate parts of the house was needed. Lees Associates liaised with the local conservation officer to negotiate planning and listed building consent for substantial changes that included remodelling, refurbishment, extension, conservation and a completely new services installation. PB PB DIXTON MANOR An extension to the south wing (replacing an ugly collection of 1950s buildings) was built to provide a family entrance, in- keeping with the scale and grandeur of the house. The addition of a green oak glazed cloister connects the new double- height family hall to the historic parts of the house, which were delicately and sensitively restored. A biomass boiler and pellet store was introduced, enabling the house to become carbon neutral by burning woodchips sourced from the annual yield of felled trees on its estate. Lees Associates acted as architect, lead consultant and contract administrator. The interior decoration was by the client’s appointed specialist, New York’s Muriel Brandolini. PB PB DIXTON MANOR PB PB NEW BUILD HOUSE ST. GEORGE’S HILL, SURREY Client Private developer Area 15,000 sq.ft. Lees Associates’ prime residential experience was harnessed in the design of a new 15,000 sq.ft. residential development on a private estate in Weybridge. The house occupies a plot on the top of the hill on the site of an iron age fort, taking advantage of stunning views south across Surrey. As architect and lead consultant Lees Associates successfully secured scheduled monument consent, planning consent and the consent of the S.G.H.R.A. PB PB ST GEORGE’S HILL The scheme is a speculative development being carried out to a very strict budget. It includes substantial basement accommodation that maximises the floor area without exceeding the maximum gross external area which is strictly set by the Residents’ Association. Arranged around a grand elliptical central staircase, the house adopts a rational classically-inspired plan with Regency proportions and detailing. The top-lit stair is a pioneering post-tensioned solid stone structure, making it remarkably slender and providing an elegant focus to the heart of the house. We have subsequently been appointed by the client to work on two further similar projects on the estate. PB PB ONE HYDE PARK KNIGHTSBRIDGE, LONDON Client Private Area 20,000 sq.ft. Lees Associates were approached directly The project included a wide range of by New York’s renowned designer, Peter specialist finishes by the best, hand Marino, to act as executive architect and selected subcontractors and artisans in lead consultant on a uniquely prestigious the world, and included scagliola, carved triplex penthouse in Knightsbridge. plaster, straw marquetry, perforated stone, hand-painted joinery and leather panelling.