Our Values

Innes Associates is an architecture and urban design practice based in London. Our purpose is to design buildings and places that people are proud of. Through good leadership, optioneering, care with budgets, efficient teamwork, and by going beyond conventional thinking, we create architecture that is uplifting and well-considered. Our clients will see the results in buildings and places that are valuable and enjoyable to use. We have a particular interest in the integration of landscape and architecture and use landscape design to maximise the appeal and usefulness of our designs.

Our team includes Passivhaus-certified architects, Principal Designers [CDM and BSA], and design expertise for Net Zero Carbon in Operation and BREEAM Excellent. We collaborate to BIM Level 2 and our quality and environmental management systems are ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified.

Our Strengths

As a practice we are known for our excellent client management, proactive leadership, thoughtful yet creative designs, and intelligent problem solving. We like working with people, sharing design options, and overcoming challenges that other architects can’t solve! For our clients, the result is better teamwork and better outcomes for the resources.

Offering considerable experience across all RIBA stages, our teams help to deliver projects successfully with construction budgets from £250K up to £20 million. We work to deadlines and understand what it takes to create a good set of information from concept to detailed stages. Our project leads are knowledgeable and confident in leading the design process as well as the wider design team. We are excellent communicators, keeping clients up to date, giving clear information to other consultants and engaging well with stakeholders.

The strength of our design work comes from detailed analysis and research at the beginning of a project, thorough option-testing, and maintaining open dialogue with our clients. We produce clear and detailed drawings and reports. This helps our clients achieve the necessary approvals quickly, provides a high quality of information for pricing and construction and promotes smoother and more cost-effective operations on site. Our extensive experience in supporting bids for funding helps projects progress to implementation.

We are experts in designing schools. We have considerable experience working on cultural and heritage projects and social housing schemes, as well as proposals for student housing. We have produced several urban design masterplans for the development of small-scale sites.

Our Services

We provide a range of services including;

- Architectural Design

- Lead Consultant

- Urban Design & Masterplanning

- Feasibility Studies

- Planning Applications

- Design for Historic and Listed Buildings

-  Passivhaus Design

-  Principle Designer [Building Safety Act]

- Principal Designer [CDM]

- CDP [Continuing Professional Development]Seminars

-  Post Occupancy Evaluation

Achievements

Clients can be assured that we hold ourselves to high standards and that all commissions, whether small or large, are carried out by a team committed to achieving a successful outcome. The quality of our output has been recognised in the following awards and achievements.

 Simon’s papers on German Exemplars and 1950’s English System Schools selected for presentation at Education Estates 2021 and 2023

Welby Building at Becket Keys school shortlisted for DfE’s ‘Project of the Year’ 2018

Welby Building at Becket Keys school shortlisted for the Structural Timber Awards 2018

Brent Knoll School shortlisted for AJ School Project of the Year Award 2017

1st Place RIBA & BHCC ‘New Homes for Neighbourhoods’ competition for Rotherfield Crescent residential development, 2015. 

 1st Place RIBA & BHCC ‘New Homes for Neighbourhoods’ competition for Frederick Street residential development, 2015. 

Pews and Perches RIBA design competition winner 2012, with our design featuring in Wallpaper Magazine.

Commended Entry DDDA competition for the U2 Tower, Dublin 2003 in partnership with Steve Barton. Our design published in the Irish Times.

If you’d like to work with us, please don’t hesitate to get in touch