Architecture + Design, every professional and aspiring student of the profession can enter this…read morecentre and explore. The basement has a fantastic display of products for every service you need. And they have options! 3,000 companies with information from plumbing,insulation,flooring,cladding............and so on are kept in a treasure room. The icing on the cake is you get to see the product live at the exhibit before contacting the dealer. If your wanting to take up an ambitious project of house build by yourself, The Information Centre as its called is the place to sit and share your ideas with a consultant. They then tell you all about the company and its services including contact details. Showcase Gallery has a permanent exhibition of London on a 1:500 scale and every new building commissioned is put up in this model. You can see London grow. The gallery has a few short term displays too on projects in education centres, community centres etc.......from drawings,presentations,slide shows,model sample,material...everything one can think about a complete project is available on display. And last but not the least, the Bookshop is always an attraction. Oh the wide variety of design books on display are truly ideal to sit and read. Its an important business centre for everybody especially professional designers. At the cafe in the reception space you might get to see glimpses of famous architects such as Peter Cook, Zaha Hadid.

Great value visitors centre for the building trade Its free…read more Its well curated.It showcases short shows Has excellent free lectures, sells products,research & conference faciities. A large information zone. An Eco zone gallery dedicated to show casing a range of products for sustainable design What I love most is the 3D map of London : a MUST SEE! (get on the mailing list for all online information & a catalogue)

A genuinely nice and trust-worthy, not to mention talented, person. There's no better architect for…read morethe Huguenot homes in the Spitalfields area. I've recommended Chris and his team to others throughout London, and everyone has been pleased. Particularly great with adding historic touches and preserving the identities of older homes, whilst folding in modern angles as directed by clients. Highly recommended.

We used Urbane Design Architects to renovate our house in mayfair. They were very good with…read morewestminster and dealing with our free holders Grosvenor Estates. We had previously worked with another architect who we fell out with over design issues. Our architect from Urbane Design really understood our brief and requirements. They were very hands on during the construction period making the project run very smoothly with our builder. The end result was a very modern but sensitive design. They kept the original features that had character on our georgian house and blended them with interesting glass light wells that now flood the house with beautiful natural light. We particularly loved the design for the doors. They are full height and frameless. This really adds a wow factor as some of the rooms are 4meters in height!

Urbane Design Architects took our newly acquired and very run down house in Bedford ParK , chiswick…read morefrom planning through to completion. They were recommended to us by a friend who lives on the street who had worked with them on her house. We used them to obtain listed building consent, planning permission, to produce the very detailed construction drawings and to manage the project on site. We used a builder they recommended and found this working relation very successfully. The architect explained clearly what was required at each stage of the project which was very usefull. He described it as adding layers of information as the project developed. This became clearer as the project developed. We are very happy with our new home and highly recommend them. They communicate well which I have learnt is the key to a successfully delivered project.

The RIBA institute is a trust that manages the activity within the profession of Architecture. The…read morebuilding stands tall within the very elegant Portland place along with many foreign embassy offices nearby. The headquarters has galleries, a comprehensive library and bookshop, the RIBA bar,cafe and restaurant, educational programmes and a photograph collection. For the autumn they have decided to highlight Le Corbusier and his works. So from talks and discussions to seminars and presentations everything possibly close to this great architect will be dissected and learnt. Architects and non-architects welcome aboard.

I don't think the building is generally open to the public but can be booked for events and…read moreconferences. When I read an article about an exhibition about brutalist architecture on display here, I grabbed the chance. The opening event included lectures and live displays, but the main attraction is the actual "Brutalist Playground" which is installed on the ground floor. Well worth a visit - still going till 16 August! ... and the perfect excuse to have a look around a truly beautiful building - what else would you expect from the Royal Institute of British Architects!

Great Service, useful information, professional drawings, smart presentations and excellent…read moreoutcome. Very happy indeed with Megaplan, Planning permission and building control were so simple compared to what I heard from other people that I'm so glad my project has finished so well.

We used Urbane Design to help us get our Coach House in W4 from a 2 bedroom to a 3 bedroom house…read morewith the aid of a roof lift to achieve adequite headroom in the loft space. This was always going to be challenging with regards to planning consent; we were told by other architects that the council would not allow a change in pitch height and they didnt believe that it would get planning consent. Robert Speight from Ubane design had a different attiude towards this from the start and attended 3 pre-planning meetings with me to make sure the council were happy before we submitted our plans. Planning consent was achieved by the aid of some good design changes by Rob to over come issues such as over looking neighbouring properties. Once planning was achieved, Rob helped us with finding a builder that could take on this project. He gave us the details of builders that he had worked with previously but also suggested that we get quote from a building company of our own choice so that we could compare all quotes. We decided to go with one of Robs suggested builders. They have done a fanastic job from start to finish and I believe this is partly due to the weekly site meeting's that Rob arranged to discuss work completed and work to be done. To conclude, we would highly recommend Urbane Design Architect from planning through to completion of building work. Nick williams

P+p Architects were fantastic to work with on our house extension. They took the time to understand…read morehow we live and translated our ideas into a thoughtful, practical design. Communication was clear throughout, and they guided us smoothly through planning and every stage of the process. The result is a beautifully designed space that feels seamless with the original house. Highly recommend their creative approach and professional service.

If you communicate in Morris code, you might love this place…read more Downtown, in one of these splendid and beautiful towers, you will find a bunch of high rent and fancy office spaces, with a lot of good and reputable national and sometimes international companies, such as this one, whom really know how to get things done. And as they say, morris less.