Paul McAneary Architects

Founded in 2006 Paul McAneary Architects is an award-winning London-based architectural practice engaged in designing a range of residential, retail and cultural projects. Known for a spirit of elegantly refined minimalism, Paul McAneary Architects has a proven track record of devising innovative and environmentally sustainable architecture and interiors in response to often challenging sites and budgets. In particular, the idea of substance is crucial to the work of Paul McAneary Architects. In its most obvious manifestation substance speaks of physical materiality and the tactile quality of architecture - what things are made of and how they are put together. It also alludes to a rigour underscoring the ideas behind the design of buildings, as well as their construction and their capacity to endure in the long term. This is embodied in an ethos of ‘warm minimalism’, which responds to current environmental concerns by employing natural, carbon-neutral materials in a coherent, clean-lined and contemporary way. Inspired by a spirit of enquiry and economy, the practice cultivates an exploratory approach to detailing and fabrication, based on its own unique culture of research and experimentation. Over the years, it has established close working relationships with skilled craftsmen such as stonemasons, joiners and glaziers to achieve the best possible quality of workmanship. Built projects vary in size and scale. They include a £12 million restoration of a six storey townhouse in South Kensington, an elegantly restored art gallery in Mayfair and a beach house in Carmel, California. Its expanding portfolio currently includes work in the UK, predominantly in London, as well as France, Germany, Nigeria and the USA. In each case, the aim is to optimise the potential of the programme and budget in order to achieve exceptional outcomes for clients.