Boathouse in London

Helping you design and gain planning permission for your development fast

Food school architect

Elevating Everyday Spaces

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London’s Sustainable Visionaries

Graham Ford Architects

Based in Hammersmith London, we work for schools, sport clubs, commercial clients, business owners, developers, private clients and contractors.

We are experts in gaining planning permission in Royal and Regional parks and in Conservation Areas through innovative design that delivers cost effective and inspirational leisure facilities.

Our services include commercial architecture, residential architecture, strategic consultancy and project management, interior design consultancy and assisting with sustainable architecture projects.

Boating pavilion project at Hyde Park
Architeture project completed for Leiths School in London

London architects specialising in sports projects, sustainable design and adaptive reuse.

We aim to combine academic research with curiosity and strategies from industry to create an ‘entrepreneurial’ approach to learning and design that helps to solve the environmental and educational challenges of the 21st century.

We’re on a mission to assemble teams that collaborate to deliver sustainable masterplans or buildings that create social value by enabling users of our buildings or landscapes to thrive, be healthy and be productive.

Do you want a creative but no-nonsense step-by-step guide to getting all the permissions you need with a team that provide all the support you require? If so, we can help. We start with a deep dive into your brief so we understand your objectives are and what obstacles we need to help you overcome.

If you are a facilities manager, bursar, estates manager, landlord, building owner or CEO who needs help to plan for the future, improve your sports facilities, renovate your existing buildings and gain the permissions you need then we can help you.

We have expertise in gaining planning permission for the renovation of historic buildings including offices and houses following our involvement with the renovation of The Roundhouse Theatre in Camden Town, the office buildings on the Heals Estate in central London and the upgrade of many historic houses. We will work with you to ensure your project runs smoothly gains an EPC rating of B or better and is on budget.

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