Services

For developers

For architects

Delivering quality in the built environment is contingent on aligning many inter-relating factors.

Form Place can provide advice and support at all stages of the project either offering discrete advice that can be plugged in to specific stages, or as an ongoing service to provide guidance throughout the duration of the project.

Where do you start?

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Commissioning a building is a major undertaking.

We can provide advice at an early stage to help you navigate the process - assembling the right Design Team, understanding the regulatory process, setting a realistic timescale and budget - in order to optimise the project’s success.

A well-written brief

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A great design begins with a well-written brief.

This provides the design team with the background information they require, clearly defining your requirements, setting out budget and timescales and providing access to the right consultants enabling them to mobilise and progress with confidence, rapidly moving the project forwards.

We can help you distil your ambitions and needs, working with you to articulate and clearly communicate them to the team.

The right Design Team

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Designing and constructing a building takes along time, so it’s really important that you appoint the right people. A team that you trust, enjoy working with and produce high quality results.

With our knowledge of the industry we can identify suitable consultants and advise you on the right process to select a team with the optimal blend of knowledge, skills and approach to suit your project.

A fresh set of eyes

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Occasionally projects get stuck.

In these situations it can be useful to have an independent perspective to validate or challenge you, the design team or both. We can review proposals providing an objective view of designs with constructive advice on how to move projects forwards to meet your requirements.

Maintaining quality through construction

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Implemented in the right way the design and build process can be effective in delivering successful projects, but it is critical that quality is monitored.

A design guardian or client monitoring team (CMT) can fulfil this role, reviewing and inspecting quality throughout the detail design and construction stages to ensure a high quality project is delivered.

Building skills and knowledge

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How do you define quality and does your teamhave the right skills to deliver it?

We can provide seminars, workshops and tours to discuss, inform and build understanding of what quality in the built environment is, what it looks like and how to achieve it.

Evaluating outcomes

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The construction industry is poor at capturing lessons to improve the outcomes of future projects.

We can help you to define metrics for success and assess projects against them. We can identify and capture lessons learned, communicating them back to your team in order to inform the successful delivery of your next project.

Running your own architecture studio can be immensely rewarding. You have creative freedom, independence, control of your destiny and your work/life balance. You have agency to make an impact on the world.

But it can also be emotionally, mentally and physically draining. At times it can be lonely, and hard to find the advice and support you need.

Form Place can provide a sounding board, guidance and assurance. We can help you see the woods for the trees, get perspective and achieve your goals.

Mentoring for practice principals

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Our one-to-one mentoring can be tailored to meet your specific needs.

The first session will be used to explore your most pressing issues in order to establish the format and frequency of session that is most suitable.

Mentoring sessions are typically held on a monthly or fortnightly basis for 1-2 hours, either online or in-person. For some these sessions are structured around clear themes whilst others prefer more fluid conversations focused on issues arising in the course of their work.

Developing the next generation of leaders

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This is aimed at those practices who are growing and developing their next generation of leaders within the studio. This transition can be challenging to negotiate within the fog of practice and can lead to confusion and frustration.

Through workshops with the Senior Management Team Form Place will seek to provide clarity around expectation of roles and work individually with the new leadership group to help them navigate their emerging positions within the organisation.

Training and talks

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Form Place can undertake training, presentation or talks on a wide range of topics including maintaining quality, practice growth, winning work, effective process and project delivery. These can be tailored to your specific requirements.

Workshops

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Workshops typically explore issues that impact the studio by facilitating conversations, prompting and teasing out dialogue. Recent examples include discussions around design direction and what constitutes good design, how and why to grow the business, what is the practice identity, and how to establish and maintain values.

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Branding and web design: Alice Bosc

What

Overview

Form Place works with ambitious and talented developers, architects and designers, providing tailored advice and support to help them deliver quality and realise their objectives.

Services

For developers

For architects

Selected case studies

I would be delighted to hear about what you want to achieve and discuss how Form Place can help you get there.

T

07779 262 143

E

hphillips@formplace.co.uk

© Form Place. All rights reserved.

Branding and web design: Alice Bosc

© Form Place. All rights reserved.

Branding and web design: Alice Bosc

What

Overview

Form Place works with ambitious and talented developers, architects and designers, providing tailored advice and support to help them deliver quality and realise their objectives.

Services

For developers

For architects

Selected case studies

I would be delighted to hear about what you want to achieve and discuss how Form Place can help you get there.

T

07779 262 143

E

hphillips@formplace.co.uk

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© Form Place. All rights reserved.

Branding and web design: Alice Bosc