by Ben Muir | Oct 7, 2026
The buildings Two neighbouring mansion blocks of the early 1920s in the City of Westminster, seven storeys each, with shops trading at street level and around 180 homes above. Steel and concrete frames with solid brick infill, stone dressings, brick and stone...
by Ben Muir | Oct 7, 2026
The building A ten storey mansion block of the early 1930s in the City of Westminster, with 27 flats above a lower ground floor. The frame is steel and reinforced concrete, with solid brick infill panels and stone ashlar dressings to three elevations, metal windows,...
by Ben Muir | Oct 7, 2026
The site A row of dilapidated backland garages in north London, tucked behind an existing residential block, producing little for the landowner and doing nothing for the street. The completed development from the air. The brief The landowner wanted to turn an...
by Ben Muir | Oct 6, 2026
The loss An escape of water in a residential block in Essex, damaging two flats. Water losses are deceptive: the visible damage is the start of the scope, not the end of it, and the reinstatement has to satisfy three parties at once, the leaseholders who live there,...
by Ben Muir | Oct 6, 2026
The loss A commercial unit on an industrial park in east London, destroyed by fire. Total losses are where an insurance claim stops being a paperwork exercise and becomes a construction project: the building must come down safely, the site must be understood, the...
