Procter-Rihl architects specialise in retrofit and new construction, at residential and urban scale . Our approach is both climate and culturally responsive, as we engage with context and history to produce award-winning architecture. Our work has been widely published in the UK and abroad, and we have received several awards, including the RIBA Award & Gold Medal at Chelsea Flower Show.
What we are good at....
CONSERVATION
The practice retrofits, extends, or repairs heritage homes. Sensitive technical renovation can upgrade energy standards in UK poorly insulated homes while protecting heritage. We have designed new houses and extensions for a variety of house types and successfully won planning appeals. ​​
Christopher Procter developed a detailed case study of an Islington Conservation Area. This research, titled as, Climate Emergency Conservation Area Toolkit, was published in 2023. It found unexpected opportunities for beneficial climate retrofit. The work informed Islington's 2025 Retrofit Handbook.
New House, Islington, London
CLIMATE
The Climate Emergency requires change in design thinking as our buildings switch to renewable electrification. We guide our clients through the different heat pumps and solar systems available to reduce energy consumption and produce better levels of comfort. We employ the German Passivhaus standard
PHPP software to model and predict future energy use. We have installed heat pumps in both new houses and flat retrofit projects.
All Electric Pull House, Vermont, USA
DESIGN
Innovative design with technical expertise. RIBA Award Worldwide Category, Gold Medal Chelsea Flower Show, and finalist of the UK Architect of the Year Award are some of the many awards the studio has achieved. Listed Status was awarded to our urban infill Slice House in 2017.
RIBA Medal -Slice House, Brazil
Current projects.
New House, Barnsbury, London​
Deep Retrofit Victorian, London
15 min Town, Pennsylvania, USA​
Urban Parklets, Islington, London​
Current publications.
2 October 2025 Book
Christopher Procter surveys and analyses current Vacuum Glazing technology in regard to heritage sash for refurbishment or replacement with thermal and carbon benefits described. This guide expands on detailed research from the 2023 CA Toolkit, including new companies and products. It compiles information and methods that are not otherwise available for this rapidly evolving technology.
Paperback Booklet 56 pages 297x210mm.
February 2023 Book
Christopher Procter proposes a new methodology to Audit Conservation Areas for Climate Emergency Housing Retrofit with a worked Conservation Area case study, Cross Street CA, Islington , London.
Paperback book 168 pages 297x210mm.
March 2017 Book
Procter-Rihl monograph
Contributing authors Anya Gallaccio, Nigel Coates, Carlos Eduardo Dias Comas, Marcus Field, Christopher Procter, and Fernando Rihl.
The studio proposes TransLocal, bringing together the familiar and the extraordinary. Unlike traditional contextual approaches to place, this approach brings tension between the familiar and the new. Essays in this publication by design, architecture, and fine art experts review our architecture and furniture design methods.
Paperback book 112 pages 280x230mm.
