Eight phases, from the first inquiry to the House Book. Not every project uses all of them — a design-only engagement ends earlier, a build begins later — but the sequence and the documentation are the same.
A brief rather than a form. We read every one, and reply with the pathway we would recommend and why — or an honest note that we are not the right firm for it.
A conversation and, where the project warrants it, a site visit. Existing conditions, constraints, operational needs and ambition are established before anything is drawn.
The agreement is signed, the project record is created and the client portal opens. Everything after this point is documented against the project rather than remembered.
Concept, plan, elevation, material language and lighting develop together rather than in sequence. Selections are presented for formal approval and time-stamped in the Decision Room.
Specifications, details, schedules and coordination with structural, mechanical and low-voltage. Unanswered questions get resolved here rather than on the job site.
Construction and procurement run in parallel and are coordinated as one programme. Long-lead materials were released during design so the site never waits on a slab or a shop drawing.
Millwork, fixtures, furnishings, textiles, art and systems commissioning. This is the phase that consumes the most coordination and produces the most visible difference.
Punch, walkthrough, warranties and handover — and then the project record becomes its House Book or Building Record, held for as long as you own the building.
A project with drawings already in hand enters at Documentation or Build. An idea that has not been drawn yet begins earlier, in Vision Studio. Tell us where you actually are and we will tell you which phase you are entering.