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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 Chelsea Flower Show.

What we are good at....

CONSERVATION

Our practice works in conservation areas on a variety of projects to retrofit, extend, or repair heritage buildings.  Sensitive technical renovation can both protect heritage and upgrade energy standards in poorly insulated homes. We have designed rear & roof extensions for a variety of house types and successfully won planning appeals. 

Reconstruction Dutch Gable Islington, London

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Christopher authored the Conservation Area Toolkit using a detailed case study of a conservation area​ which highlighted unexpected opportunities for beneficial climate retrofit.

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 the urban infill Slice House in 2017. 

RIBA Medal -Slice House 

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Current research.

31 July 2024 Book

Contributor Christopher Procter ​analyses heritage constraints, F4 pgs 156-7.

24 July 2024 Opinion Piece 

Christopher Procter writes a critical review of Historic England's new Advice Note, HEAN 18, on missed opportunities, especially with unlisted buildings within Conservation Areas. 

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.

October 2021 Book

Contributor Christopher Procter analyses the heritage implications of the Great Britain Housing Stock page 48, and Conservation Area Insulation strategies pages 162-3.

March 2017  Book

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Contributing authors Anya Gallaccio, Nigel Coates, Carlos Eduardo Dias Comas, Marcus Field, Christopher Procter, and Fernando Rihl.

Procter-Rihl monograph

The studio proposes TransLocal, a new approach in architecture which brings 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 architecture, design and fine art experts review our studio work and design method.

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Current projects. (see menu for details) 

15 minute New Town Masterplan, Pennsylvania, USA

Neighbourhood Plan, Islington, London

New House in Conservation Area , Barnsbury, Islington, London

Deep Retrofit Victorian Terrace, Conservation Area, Islington, London

Green Planted Roof, Barnsbury, Islington, London

Zoning Variance for Infill Housing, Vermont, USA

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