CLIENTS AND PROJECTS

Headquarters buildings in Uxbridge and Moscow for Xerox

Xerox Copy Centres and offices in Warsaw, Bucharest, Budapest, Sofia, Prague and other locations in Eastern Europe and Russia

Xerox offices and showrooms in the UK and Europe

Xerox main UK Showrooms in Bracknell and Uxbridge

Richard was a consultant to Xerox UK from 1984 to 2012, involved in over 80 projects in seven countries. A unique 28 year professional relationship with one of the world’s best-known corporations.

Head office design and space planning for many well-known clients including Boosey & Hawkes, Robert Bosch, Fina, Bowring, and Roux Restaurants.

                        

Planning and design of Data Centres, including satellite earth stations, computer rooms, secure server buildings, disaster recovery and cheque sorting centres, for international clients including EDS and AT&T.

                                  

West End women’s fashion shop for Browns, UK Showrooms for Zanussi. Other clients have included the BBC, Decca, Polydor, London Transport, and Dolphin Bathrooms.

                                              

Private houses, large extensions, and conversions in the Thames Valley and Spain; a 300 sqm apartment in Moscow; eco-housing and holiday apartments in Somerset.

A Hindu Centre in Brentford, London

Feasibility studies, restoration and conversion work on historic and listed buildings in the UK and Europe.

INTERNATIONAL WORK

Richard’s practice has advised on and designed buildings and interiors in France, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and Spain. Richard also developed a web-based Spanish translation tool and (with Del Galdo Consulting) a translation app for the construction industry in Spain, the USA, and Latin America.

COMMENDATIONS

HUNT’S GREEN BARN, HENLEY-ON-THAMES

‘The best barn conversion in the Chilterns’

 Barbara Wallis, former Chairman, Chilterns Conservation Board Planning Committee

XEROX UK HQ, UXBRIDGE

‘Congratulations on your achievements in designing and overseeing the transformation. Your work has greatly improved both the Xerox office environment and the gateway to Uxbridge’

 Tim Stockton, Xerox UK Facilities Manager

XEROX NATIONAL SHOWROOM

‘….I can categorically say that it is the best space I think we have ever created. The showroom is now being used as the benchmark for other Xerox projects’

 Peter Long, RIMS, Xerox UK Facilities Manager

XEROX CIS AND EASTERN EUROPE

‘Thank you for your invaluable support over the years, and especially with our new initiatives in Moscow, Prague, Warsaw, and Budapest. Xerox now has a firm foothold in Eastern Europe, and your work with the Copy Centres and regional offices has supported us all the way’

 John Pemberton, Director

XEROX HQ, MOSCOW

‘…everyone has been full of compliments about the building, and we are all really enjoying being in the new offices. Thank you for all your efforts on our behalf throughout this challenging project, I have really enjoyed working with you’

 Sophie Vergnas, Administration Manager

ECO-HOUSING, SOMERSET

‘This development should be the model for all future village housing schemes in North Somerset’

 Conservation Officer, N. Somerset Council

FINA PLC

‘I would like to pass on my sincere thanks for all the dedication, expertise, and support that I have received from you during the head office refurbishment. This has made the achievement of the company’s goals that much easier, and so very enjoyable’

 ‘I just had to write to say thank you and pass on my congratulations for the superb result you have produced in our staff restaurant. It is quite an achievement to render the majority of our staff speechless, but that is exactly what happened. The only comments I have received are those of delight. Once again you have made my job of managing this building far too easy, and a pleasure’

 Barry Wyeth, Facilities Manager, Fina plc

BOWRING SOUTH EAST LTD

‘I would like to put into writing my personal appreciation to you, not only for a design which has been the subject of unanimous approval, but also my thanks for making the constructional exercise as painless as possible’

D Fyffe, Director

ROUX RESTAURANTS

‘I would like to congratulate you and thank you most warmly for the way in which you have designed and supervised the work on our new offices. The final result is excellent, both aesthetically and functionally, and all the staff are very pleased with their new working environment. I was personally very impressed with your efficiency, the way you dealt with any problems, your liaison with us on all points, and your supervision of the building works. Everything has gone extremely smoothly and for this I thank you’

 Michel Roux, Director

ZANUSSI

‘Congratulations on the new Zanussi Centre. I think it looks absolutely lovely, and you have done a super job’

 Josy Argy, Head of PR, Zanussi UK