Joshua Harrison

Joshua Harrison

Managing Director

Joshua directs all activities within the office and it's workflow. This covers initiating new conceptual work, principle design work, project oversight, technical design and on-site delivery. Joshua read BA Hons Architecture at London South Bank University and proceeded to work for Harper Downie Architects before setting up the practice. He also focuses on developing new relationships with clients and investors and advises on development matters with respect to planning, financial viability and overall feasibility.
When not working, he enjoys playing tennis, dining out, book shops, and catching up on industry news. Guilty pleasure; Friends, Frasier and Seinfeld. Favourite city: London. Favourite restaurant: any of the Grand Dames!

Michael

Michael

Architect ARB RIBA

Michael is an experienced Architect who is particularly adept at space configuration, residential conversions and more. Previous experience encompasses working with some of the most established architectural firms in the country. In his spare time he enjoys travelling.
Favourite city: London.

Daria

Daria

Designer, Structural and Civil Engineer

Daria graduated from Lviv Polytechnic National University with a masters degree in Civil Engineering. Daria is a specialist in Revit, Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis, and more generally within the BIM environment, helping to ensure our clients receive precise drawings which contain a plethora of information that 2D drawings simply cannot achieve.
Hobbies: In my free time, I enjoy going to the cinema, reading books and travelling.
Home away from home: Lviv

Joana

Joana

Architect ARB RIBA

Born in Lisbon in 1983, Joana graduated in Architecture in 2006 from the University of Lisbon. With a path touching on the fields of Architecture, Design, Training and Research, she has been practicing architecture since 2007, individually and in collaboration with architectural offices in Portugal, Belgium, Australia and the U.S.A. - New York and San Francisco. These collaborations have helped her to achieve a broad view of building processes and design options, especially for residential and retail spaces. She works alongside the director in overseeing and signing-off drawings before release.
Favourite architectural memory: Park Güell, Gaudi.

Our Architecture Practice

Collectively, our team of six, has decades of experience in efficiently producing and delivering complex architectural work to the highest standard. Our portfolio highlights include Grade 1 listed buildings, commercial premises in central London within both the Grosvenor Estate and Portman Estate, contemporary new-build residential properties cantilevered over a steep embankment, unique buildings within the AoNB and Green Belt and many others exciting residential, commercial and mixed-use schemes across London and the Home Counties.

Joshua read BA (Hons) architecture at London South Bank University and proceeded to work with Harper Downie Architects in the City. During this time and as part of a team at Harper Downie, among other projects, he worked on what was then largest development project in Europe, “Portonovi” in Montenegro, and a sequence of London hotels for the ‘Z Hotels’ chain.
Our team comprises a group of energetic and talented architects, designers and a structural engineer – we are all creative, ambitious and focused. We love to solve problems and find solutions to the problems you did not know existed. And we thrive on delivering results which count.

Our clients are a fundamental part of every project and this dialogue between the parties forms a key component to delivering the very best results for your project.

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Experience

We strive to offer professional levels of service and hold ourselves to the highest standards on every project we work on and employ experienced professionals who maintain membership with RIBA and ARB among others. We can boast of wide-reaching experience on various building typologies, constraints and budgets and our built portfolio demonstrates the consistent and efficient delivery of these projects. We are renowned for achieving planning permission in difficult scenarios including for sites in the Green Belt, respective Conservation Area and when working with Grade I, II and II* listed properties.

Our team of professionals has gained planning permission for a multitude of clients and we have an extremely high success ratio with achieving planning for our clients. This encompasses ultra-contemporary new-build dwellings, replacement dwellings in the Green Belt, contentious schemes taken on from previous architectural firms who were often unable to deliver the required planning permission due to a breakdown in relationship or design decisions, subterranean extensions, listed townhouse restaurants off Regent Street, commercial offices in Berkeley Square, among many others. We have secured planning permission and various letters of support from a multitude of bodies for prominent and prestigious buildings, including St Lawrence Church in West Wycombe – a Grade 1 listed church – which was rebuilt in 1763 by Sir Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer and this was the first consent for an extension secured against it since the 18th century.

Professional Indemnity

We maintain professional indemnity insurance.

Memberships & Regulatory Bodies

We maintain membership or affiliate status with various authorities and bodies, these include ARB and RIBA.

ETYMOLOGY

Some clients ask us about our company name, we hope that you find the following to be of interest.

Cohanim Architecture translates literally to “Priests Architecture” or “Priestly Architecture“. One may choose to define this spiritually or rather in an ethereal sense with respect to the feelings architecture can conjure. With regards to the etymological story behind the word Cohanim; the noun Kohen is used to refer to priests in several of the Abrahamic religions.

Pronounced: “CO-HAN-EEM”