Architecture & planning

Projects in collaboration and / or signed in my own name.

Registered as architect with professional regulators (France since May 1989, UK since November 2001) my career as draughtsman & designer began in 1979 as assistant to Milanese architects Aldo ROSSI & Gianni BRAGHIERI.

Coercive enforcement of industry-driven CPD (Continuous Professional Decline) prompts my long-intended withdrawal from Tableau de l’ Ordre des Architectes, as of 17th December 2021.

Background to this decision : the liberal professions are no longer free to act or prescribe according to their informed conscience but expected to buckle under & deliver noxious partisan policies determined by manipulable & corrupt third parties. Such abdication of duty is neither what we trained for, nor what I sign up to.

Frühlingserwachen after 42 years of resisting the stupidity of officialdom.

Architectural competitions

Architectural schemes (preliminary designs w/o planning)

Associates & partners for given projects

In alphabetical order :

Design team employers

In reverse chronological order :

  • AND PARTENAIRES, Vanves, 2004-2005
  • TREVOR LAHIFF ARCHITECTS, London, 2000
  • KOETTER KIM & ASSOCIATES, London, 1999-2000
  • P+P+F GOUJON, Nice, 1998-1999
  • Piercarlo BONTEMPI, Parma, 1996
  • Dominique PETRY-AMIEL, La Gaude, 1995
  • Laurence LINIERE, Opio, 1995
  • Emmanuel ABOULKER, Paris, 1991
  • François BELLET, Paris, 1986-1989
  • REICHEN & ROBERT, Paris, 1986
  • Melanie SAINSBURY, London, 1985
  • Brian MULLER, London, 1985
  • Tchaik CHASSAY, London, 1985
  • CORRIGAN SOUNDY & KILAIDITI, Windsor, 1984
  • Aldo ROSSI & Gianni BRAGHIERI, Milan, 1979-1981
  • John DEAL Practice, Walton on Thames, 1979

Drawings of architecture projects

  • Bicycle shed, Paris, 2008 (developed 2018)
  • Ex-ITSOS quarter, Fornovo, 1996
  • Quelle salle pour le cinéma ?, Italie, 1992
  • Tours (Petronas), Kuala Lumpur, 1991
  • Perspective ABK pour LNC, Paris, 1991
  • Metropolitan Improvements, 1984
  • Bedford Park Art School, 1984
  • Maison-tour du céramiste, 1981-1982
  • Venezia Analoga (capriccio), 1980
  • Dessin chez DAM 243-001-000, 1980
  • Maison VTTN, Rome, 1980
  • Chapelle funéraire MOLTENI, Giussano, 1980
  • Teatro del Mondo, Venise, 1979

Drawings illustrative of building initiatives

Feasability studies & project sketches

  • KFHLZ, reconfiguration of a Parisian apartment (an extra room), 2018
  • BTN/BCHMNN, reconfiguring a duplex apartment with new staircase, Paris, 2018
  • TMPRL, reconstruction of a burnt down property, Thorenc, 2018
  • CRVZZR, 27 dwellings on steeply terraced land plot, Le Bar sur Loup, 2018-2019
  • Duplex staircase, Parma, Italy
  • BSSL, reconfiguration & vertical development of a family dwelling, Owendo, 2012-2013
  • Bachelor pad, Parma, 2008
  • BRDC, reconfiguration of a Parisian apartment (an extra room), Paris, 2007
  • Recongifuration of a small 2-storey house, Esbly, 2006
  • Partial suppression of bearing wall with under-pinning, Boulogne, 2006
  • Scenography DANIELS / MARTINELLI, Conciergerie, Paris, 2005
  • Winter garden verandah, Châtillon, 2004
  • House extension in a nature reserve, France, 2002
  • Reconfiguration of a Parisian apartment (an extra room), Paris, 2002
  • Security requirements, Lutheran parish church, Paris, 2006
  • Villa on a steep site, Collioure, 2002
  • Volumetric reconfiguration, single family dwelling,, Corinthe, 2001
  • DS8, Canary Wharf, 2000
  • Volumetric reconfiguration, single family dwelling, Valbonne, 2000
  • Volumetric reconfiguration, single family dwelling, Sydney, 1999
  • Municipal casino, Beaulieu sur Mer, 1997
  • Volumetric reconfiguration, collective family dwelling, Vibo Valentia, 1996
  • Contextual analysis, D29 (for SCET / Stade de France), 1993
  • Extension of a period structure, Einbeck, Germany, 1991
  • Internal reconfiguration of a surburban villa, St. Maur, France, 1991

Interlocutors’ typical programmes

Project profile by type of sintervention.

  • Apartments : carving out an extra room (3 cases in Paris alone)
  • 1- and 2-room dwellings : spatial optimisation (several cases)
  • Bespoke houses : preliminary design pre-planning (Le Rouret, Font-Romeu, Port au Prince, Pompa)
  • Existing buildings : residential extensions (Tourettes sur Loup, EEB Nice, Mareil, Owendo, Châtillon, Opio)
  • Places of worship : compliance advice re. fire regulations (Le Reveil, EEB Paris)
  • Third party designs : critique and /or revision of the proposal (Romanoff Antibes, Ellis Valbonne, Nicloux Montmorency)
  • Virgin plots : feasibility with respect to planning consent (Bar sur Loup, Nicloux Var, Le Rouret)

Planning applications & building permits

Pro bono engagements & schemes

Professional politics

  • Elected by UK architects to the Board of ARB, London, 2003-2006
  • ARB delegate to Architects Council of Europe (ACE-CAE), Brussels, 2003-2006
  • Militant position on the obligation to maintain competence (cf. EU Directives EU) which does not mean (and should not be construed as) certified CPD

Professional teaching engagements

  • Architettura d’Interni, DACD, SUPSI, Lugano, 2009-2010
  • Paris-American Academy, Paris, 2003-2004
  • Kingston Polytechnic, Kingston-on-Thames, 2005-2006

Sitework (project coordination & control) on behalf of others

  • &P, Tramway of Valenciennes, 2005
  • &P, CFF, 16 rue Auber, Paris, 2004
  • Li.Ter Ltd, Holland Park, London, 2003
  • Sacred River Ltd., Sketch, London, 2001
  • CORTESI, 9 Charles V, Paris, 1993
  • BELLET, Trois Bornes, Paris, 1989

Sitework for my own projects

Surveys, measured & analytical (excl. design)

Works denatured by building owners

The denaturing of a coherent design project is almost inevitable when the building owner undertakes partial contract administration, either for economic reasons, or to obtain a result different to that authorised.

Clients beware : breaching contracts (including France’s tacit contrat de louage d’ ouvrage) may carry insurance consequences regarding the executed work itself and cover of its technical design.

Works executed without site involvement

Following grant of planning permission, details frequently modified by building owners during execution.

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