grounded
grounded
About Us
The planet grows more complicated every day. With our unique expertise, we can help you find an elegant solution to make your piece of the world work better for everyone for generations to come. The climate crisis is the biggest issue we face, and ensuring we tread lightly informs every decision we make.
We are grounded.
Be it a new interior, building, landscape or piece of city, we will listen and collaborate with you to develop a design or strategy that is deliverable, joyful and value for money. We’re more than just designers. We bring lived experience of zero carbon design, development, cost management, planning and a blend of public and private sector knowledge few other architecture practice can offer.
Grounded is a member of Place Capital Group.
About Us
Chloë Phelps
CEO
Chloë has two decades of industry experience working in both the private and public sector, as architect, developer, and planner. More than just a housing expert, she is experienced in realising high quality healthcare, hospitality and workplaces. She has held leading roles in Croydon Council’s Placemaking Team, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and most recently at Common Ground Architecture and Brick By Brick. Chloë contributes widely to the profession and is an industry leader in delivering housing on publicly owned smaller sites. She sits on the Camden Design Review Panel, is advising the GLA on their quality management guidance, is a Mentor for Public Practice Associates, an external advisor for the MA Cities Course at Central St Martin and contributes regularly to expert panels.
About Us
Accolades we’ve been part of:
2021: Featured in the RA Summer Exhibition
2021: Featured in New Architects 4 Publication
2021: Brick Awards Finalist - Croydon Smaller Sites
2021: Brick Awards Finalist - Pump House
2020: Architects’ Journal 40 under 40.
2020: Architects’ Journal AJ100 Disrupter
2018: Architects’ Journal Masterplan of the Year
2018: Housing Design Award Project Winner
2017: NLA Awards Housing Winner
2015: AJ Emerging Women in Architecture - Finalist
2015: Property Week 40 Under 40.
About Us
The planet grows more complicated every day. With our unique expertise, we can help you find an elegant solution to make your piece of the world work better for everyone for generations to come. The climate crisis is the biggest issue we face, and ensuring we tread lightly informs every decision we make.
We are grounded.
Be it a new interior, building, landscape or piece of city, we will listen and collaborate with you to develop a design or strategy that is deliverable, joyful and value for money. We’re more than just designers. We bring lived experience of zero carbon design, development, cost management, planning and a blend of public and private sector knowledge few other architecture practice can offer.
Grounded is a member of Place Capital Group.
George Street Shop Frontage Courtesy of Brick By Brick
Pump House, Croydon Courtesy of Jim Stephenson
George Street Shop Frontage Courtesy of Brick By Brick / Pump House, Croydon Courtesy of Jim Stephenson
Chloë Phelps
CEO
Chloë has two decades of industry experience working in both the private and public sector, as architect, developer, and planner. More than just a housing expert, she is experienced in realising high quality healthcare, hospitality and workplaces. She has held leading roles in Croydon Council’s Placemaking Team, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and most recently at Common Ground Architecture and Brick By Brick. Chloë contributes widely to the profession and is an industry leader in delivering housing on publicly owned smaller sites. She sits on the Camden Design Review Panel, is advising the GLA on their quality management guidance, is a Mentor for Public Practice Associates, an external advisor for the MA Cities Course at Central St Martin and contributes regularly to expert panels.
Accolades we’ve been part of:
2021: Featured in the RA Summer Exhibition
2021: Featured in New Architects 4 Publication
2021: Brick Awards Finalist - Croydon Smaller Sites
2021: Brick Awards Finalist - Pump House
2020: Architects’ Journal 40 under 40.
2020: Architects’ Journal AJ100 Disrupter
2018: Architects’ Journal Masterplan of the Year
2018: Housing Design Award Project Winner
2017: NLA Awards Housing Winner
2015: AJ Emerging Women in Architecture - Finalist
2015: Property Week 40 Under 40.
Services
We can offer a range of services that extend beyond standard architectural service:
Design Services
We’re more than just housing experts we have experience through all RIBA Stages in:
- Masterplanning & Placemaking
- Area Strategies
- Regeneration plans
- Housing (Public & Private Sectors)
- Refurbishment
- Workplace
- Hospitality
- Healthcare
- Interiors
Quality Management & Delivery Advice
Building on our experience of working within a client-side, public sector organisation we can provide a tailored service to ensure you get the best from your project, this may include:
- Full brief writing, or review and critique of yours.
- Development specification.
- Critical friend or design guardian role.
- Advice on commissioning design teams.
- Delivery & quality management plan.
- Review of Employers Requirements and design standards.
- Review of procurement process.
- Value Engineering and/or design review.
Construction Monitoring
If you are novating a design team, it is wise to maintain a client side design advisor to review any technical submissions from the contractor. This is particularly important to ensure you are getting the product that is set out in the Employers Requirements and Contractors Proposals. We have experience of working with a range of contractors and architects. We can be employed during the construction stages:
- Review contractor design documents to ensure they represent the design in the Employers Requirements.
- Review any proposed contractor changes to the design.
- Quality monitoring of construction through site visits.
- Review of benchmarks.
Selected Projects
Common Ground Architecture for Brick By Brick.
Common Ground Architecture for Brick By Brick.
12 new homes on a former garage site.
Georgian townhouse converted to contemporary work space.
12 new homes on a former garage site.
Retail frontage in a conservation area.
Delivery masterplan to create new homes on small sites.
83 new homes and commercial space.
Common Ground Architecture for Brick By Brick.
Common Ground Architecture for Brick By Brick.
Georgian townhouse converted to contemporary work space.
12 new homes on a former garage site.
Retail frontage in a conservation area.
Delivery masterplan to create new homes on small sites.
83 new homes and commercial space.
Contact Us
If you would like to speak to us about your project, or you would like us to let you know when our full website is live, please call us or send us an email.
Phone: 0203 488 9422
E-mail: hello@grounded-practice.com
Address
Ground Floor (Right)
5 Maidstone Building Mews
72-76 Borough High Street
London, SE1 1GN
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