DOR Architects’ Phoenix Canoe Club facade, a timber building beside the river

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Unlocking site potential across London.

From first concept to planning approval, we help developers, family offices and ambitious owners turn overlooked sites into buildings worth making.

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Most schemes fail long before construction. Ours are designed to get approved and get built.

Planning refusals, tender prices that blow the budget, drawings contractors can’t build — these are the risks that stall London sites. Having run a construction firm for over a decade, we design with the site in mind from the first sketch: schemes councils approve, contractors can price, and people love to live and work in.

DOR Architects isometric building design

Our approach

The risks we take off your plate.

Isometric model of a modern home

01

Planning Certainty

Schemes shaped to council policy from day one, so approval is far more likely.

Isometric drawings, calculator and coins

02

Viable Schemes

We test yield and build cost early, before money is spent on the wrong idea.

Isometric wireframe BIM house over a plan

03

See It Before You Build

Walk through your project in 3D and make decisions with confidence.

Isometric house with interior module

04

Spaces Shaped Around Use

Light, flow and interiors planned together around how the building will be used.

Isometric London terrace with map pin

05

Buildable From Day One

A decade on site means drawings contractors can price accurately, without padding.

Isometric architect studio desk

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Direct Access to the Architect

You work with the principal throughout, not a junior handed your project.

How we work

From raw potential to a high-value asset.

  1. 01 /

    Viability & Brief

    Testing the planning envelope and commercial realities.

  2. 02 /

    3D Massing & Concept

    Shaping the volume, light, and flow in real-time 3D.

  3. 03 /

    Planning Submission

    Crafting the strategy to win over the borough.

  4. 04 /

    Technical Detail

    Producing exact, buildable specifications to protect margins.

  5. 05 /

    Construction

    Standing by your side until the keys are handed over.

Portfolio

Recent commissions across London.

17B Hendon Avenue

Prime Japandi New Build

102 Torrington Park

Mixed-Use Development

Phoenix Canoe Club — Waterfront Community Architecture

Phoenix Canoe Club

Waterfront Community Architecture

2a Friary Way

Bespoke Residential Scheme

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