Practice

A design-led London architecture practice

MBA, established in 1991, builds across a wide range of building types, often in historic and highly protected environments, including inner city areas, Grade I and II* Listed buildings and landscapes, Conservation Areas, Scheduled Monuments and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. MBA apply a conservation methodology, which involves:

  • Studying the wider picture including topography, landscape, history and culture
  • Consulting with people who know the place well
  • Listening
  • Managing change carefully and imaginatively, preserving and enhancing cultural significance.

With this approach surprising design opportunities open up.

Half our work is new build.  Half for institutions. We advise developers on difficult sites. We collaborate with other architects on major conservation projects across UK.

MBA is an ISO 9001:2015 Registered Firm.

Architectural Services

We provide the traditional architects services from conception to post-completion, also:

  • Conservation and management plans
  • Master-planning
  • Conceptual design
  • Design review
  • Detailed design of fixtures, metalwork and joinery
  • Collaborations within larger design teams.

Collaborations

We work within design teams of other leading architectural practices giving peer review and advice from a design and conservation perspective to manage change amongst high value heritage assets.

Listening

We think laterally, listen to clients and users, assemble appropriately skilled construction teams and lead to deliver successful results: that is maximum professionalism and impact, minimum fuss.  Built results are project-specific, well researched, sustainable and popular in use.

Marcus Beale Architects - Office

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