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.
Christopher authored the Conservation Area Toolkit using a detailed case study of a conservation area which highlighted unexpected opportunities for beneficial climate retrofit.
New House, Barnsbury 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 the urban infill Slice House in 2017.
RIBA Medal -Slice House
Current research.
31 July 2024 Book
Contributor Christopher Procter analyses heritage constraints, F4 pgs 156-7.
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
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.
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