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Restoration & Development EST. 1998 · LIC. #C-4471 · N 40°42′ W 74°00′

Restoring the past. Building the future.

We restore landmark structures with the care they were drawn with, and raise new buildings to stand just as long. One practice, two disciplines, every detail accounted for.

27yrs
In practice
340+
Projects delivered
61
Heritage sites preserved
100%
On-program handover
The Practice

Two disciplines held to one standard.

Most firms choose between the careful and the new. We refuse the trade. The same hands that consolidate a century-old façade detail the curtain wall going up next door.

01 / Restorethe past

Heritage restoration

Stabilise, conserve, and return historic structures to working life — without erasing the record of the years that shaped them.

  • A Structural consolidation & underpinning
  • B Masonry, stone & façade conservation
  • C Adaptive reuse for modern occupancy
  • D Heritage compliance & documentation
02 / Buildthe future

New construction

Ground-up development drawn to last — efficient to build, efficient to run, and detailed so the next century inherits something worth keeping.

  • A Commercial & mixed-use towers
  • B Structural & envelope engineering
  • C Sustainable systems & certification
  • D Design-build delivery
Capabilities

Drawn, engineered, built — under one roof.

CAP·01

Survey & assessment

Laser scanning, condition surveys, and structural assessment that turn an existing building into a measured, reliable model.

CAP·02

Conservation

Stone, brick, timber, and metalwork conservation by trade specialists who match material, method, and intent.

CAP·03

Structural works

Underpinning, frame reinforcement, and seismic retrofit for buildings that need to stand a great deal longer.

CAP·04

Ground-up build

Full construction management for new towers, mixed-use, and civic work — from groundbreaking to topping out.

CAP·05

Envelope & systems

High-performance façades, glazing, and building services engineered for the life of the asset, not the warranty.

CAP·06

Sustainability

Energy modelling, reuse-first specification, and certification support across LEED, BREEAM, and Passive House.

How we work

A drawing set you can stand inside.

Every project moves through the same four stages. No step is skipped, and nothing reaches site before it has been drawn, priced, and agreed.

STEP 01

Survey

We measure what exists and define what the site truly needs before a line is drawn.

STEP 02

Design

Drawings, structure, and budget resolved together, so the plan on paper is the plan that gets built.

STEP 03

Build

A single accountable team on site, reporting against program and cost every week.

STEP 04

Handover

Commissioned, documented, and warranted — with the full record handed to you.

Selected Work

The past and future, side by side.

RESTOREHeritage

The Custom House

1907 stone-faced landmark — full façade conservation and structural consolidation.

BUILDNew

Meridian Tower

32-storey mixed-use development — design-build delivery to LEED Gold.

ADAPTIVE REUSEHybrid

Foundry Quarter

Victorian ironworks reborn as offices, with a new low-carbon wing alongside.

Start a project

Have something to restore,
or something to build?

Send us the site, the brief, or just the idea. We’ll tell you honestly what it takes — and how we’d draw it.

Begin the conversation