Patalab Architects: Your partner to realise design-led heritage and conservation projects.
Heritage Architects – Patalab Architects is an award-winning architectural practice, delivering heritage building projects of varying scales in London and further afield. Established in 2008, Patalab provides a personal and tailored approach to deliver high quality construction projects for private, commercial and institutional clients.
We work closely with Historic England, London Planning Authorities, and local societies and have been involved in over 190 heritage projects, dealing with Grade 1, Grade 2*, and Grade 2 listed buildings, or buildings in conservation areas. Our heritage projects include conservation, refurbishment, remodelling and extension projects.
Patalab heritage project range
Heritage: Locations of Patalab conservation area and listed building projects
Heritage: Range of Patalab heritage projects
Combining Passion for Historic Fabric with Economical & Contextual Understanding
Conservation Areas cover much of London and the UK, whilst many properties are listed to protect special architectural and historic interest. A considered approach is therefore required to maximise the site’s potential and a return on investment.
Our methodology combines a passion for historic fabric with an understanding of economical and contextual parameters. It responds to meeting our clients’ expectations and has been acknowledged with a number of industry awards.
Heritage Architects: Your Project
If you’re considering appointing Patalab as your Heritage Architects, we would be delighted to assist you in delivering your project’s objectives; whether it’s a refurbishment, extension or new-build. We’ve created a guide to help you planning your project, explaining each stage of the process. Contact us to receive your free copy.
All projects involving a listed building require Listed Building Consent. With our successful planning record, we are well placed to deliver ambitious and challenging schemes.
Highbury Fields Apartment
Refined surface treatment and datum unite disparate volumes between dual green frontages of grade II listed Georgian flat in Highbury Fields
Victoria Square Townhouse
Grade II* townhouse revitalised with respectful combination of heritage restoration and contemporary design
Cascade House
Triple-height timber cascading staircase redefines this listed Hampstead mixed-use building through intense light and verticality
German Embassy Garden Staircase
A slender contemporary link enhancing movement between the Grade I-listed residence and its garden in Belgravia, central London
Marconi House
A luminous terraced promenade brings contemporary Art Deco elegance to Grade II listed Marconi House
“What used to be a small one bedroom flat is now a beautiful and generous two bedroom apartment, filled with light and great ceiling height. This refurbishment and extension required planning permission and listed building consent.
Uwe and Jordan have excellently guided us through this process and achieved the maximum amount of additional space. I especially appreciate the dramatic new stairwell which makes the approach to the living spaces on the second floor a joyful experience.”
Client of Cascade House
Heritage Architects: Our Services
Full architectural design service
From feasibility studies, planning, technical design to site supervision, covering all project work stages
Interior design services
Including space planning, furniture design, and loose furniture
Advice
Pre-purchase, pre-design assessment, planning review, building regulations, and construction contracts
Support in negotiation
With funders, freeholders, authorities, and contractors
Project management
Design team coordination, contract administration, cost control, value engineering, and acting as employers agent
CDM Principal Designer
Health and safety measures from concept to completion
Heritage Architects: Your Contacts
“Patalab was recommended to me and after my initial meeting with Uwe, discussing design ideas and how to realise them I decided to go ahead. A decision I have not regretted. Not only was I very impressed by Patalab’s exceptional attention to detail but also the smooth delivery, managing design and construction processes very competently.
I am very happy with the turnout and love the interplay between colours, materials and spaces.”
Client of Highbury Fields Apartment
Working with Patalab Architects
Patalab Architects is a boutique architectural practice focused on high quality heritage projects. Based on many years of experience delivering projects that meet the high aspirations of our clients, we have built a broad network of project partners alongside an in-depth knowledge of the construction process, building regulations, procurement, market conditions and planning policies. The extent of our experience enables us to take a holistic design approach; ensuring statutory requirements and the reality of the construction industry are integrated with design conception.
In close dialogue between our clients and other project stakeholders, we conduct thorough research and design studies to fully understand the potential of each construction project. Responding to specific project objectives, we work together with specialist consultants, expert advisers and local craftsmen as well as with leading manufacturers and suppliers in order to meet highest quality standards.
The Patalab team is made up of talented, experienced, and dedicated architects and designers. Our aim is to offer our clients a very personal approach and services tailored to their needs, developing and realising innovative design solutions with great attention to detail.
Patalab is Chartered Practice of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Whatever the nature of your heritage project, Patalab will be able to support you
Site development
We carry out strategic reviews for the development of premises to unlock the site’s potential and assess planning requirements.
Refurbishment
We are passionate about working with existing buildings. Based on a thorough investigation we develop sensitive and innovative approaches how to sustainably adapt and transform existing structures into contemporary spaces.
Interior Design
Whether residential or office building, optimal organization of the interior spaces is vital. For us, the boundaries between architecture and interior design are fluid. Accordingly, we offer not only architectural but also interior design services. These can include, for example, design of all internal surfaces, design of built-in furniture, proposals for loose furniture and the development of lighting concepts.
New Build
We enjoy delivering innovative and site-specific new build projects, producing sensitive yet powerful designs that compliment their context. Striking exteriors and beautifully proportioned interiors are accentuated by rich materiality, attention to detail and exceptional craftsmanship – attributes our studio is known for.
Heritage
Each listed building is to be assessed on its own merit. Repair and restoration on one hand, and modern technology and construction methods on the other can both be appropriate responses depending on the context. In our approach we appreciate and accentuate achievements of previous generations and seek to complement these situations with our own contemporary interventions.
“Our project was a tricky one – refurbishing and upgrading an early Victorian, Grade II* listed townhouse and making it suitable for contemporary family life. Navigating listed building consents, planning approvals, landlord’s licences and of course, construction, was quite a journey!
Throughout, Uwe, Jordan and Sophie offered consistent and constructive guidance. Their positive outlook proved invaluable, turning what could have been a stressful process into a really rewarding collaboration. We very much enjoyed working with them and we’re looking forward to our next project with Patalab”
Kitty and James, Client of Victoria Townhouse
Selected Projects
Marylebone Mews House
Characteristic Mews beautifully transformed into tranquil, light-filled family home in the heart of London
Notting Hill Villa
A curated collaboration of sinuous sculptural form and tactile materiality defining the interplay of light and shadow within a Notting Hill villa transformation
The Bird in Hand
Scarpa-inspired mixed-use retrofit scheme marries historic elements with contemporary interventions in Hampstead Village