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About us
Donald Insall Associates is a leading conservation architecture practice with over 50 years’ experience in the care, repair and adaptation of historic buildings and places, together with the design of new buildings for sensitive sites. We pioneered an approach to conservation as a catalyst for regeneration and renewal, and continue to develop and apply it at a range of scales in locations around the UK and internationally.
Our positive, proactive approach goes beyond conservation and repair; we use our expertise and deep-rooted understanding of historic buildings to guide and support new interventions that enhance and sustain successful places. This has made us trusted advisors and partners to a diverse range of clients, from large landowners and institutions to small charities and homeowners.
Somerset House, London
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About us
Donald Insall Associates is a leading conservation architecture practice with over 50 years’ experience in the care, repair and adaptation of historic buildings and places, together with the design of new buildings for sensitive sites. We pioneered an approach to conservation as a catalyst for regeneration and renewal, and continue to develop and apply it at a range of scales in locations around the UK and internationally.
Our positive, proactive approach goes beyond conservation and repair; we use our expertise and deep-rooted understanding of historic buildings to guide and support new interventions that enhance and sustain successful places. This has made us trusted advisors and partners to a diverse range of clients, from large landowners and institutions to small charities and homeowners.
Somerset House, London
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Design and conservation
As conservation specialists with a love of design and respect for craftsmanship, our starting point for all our work is to understand the unique characteristics and opportunities of a building or place. We work with clients, stakeholders and advisers to realise these opportunities through design, conservation, repair and creative reuse.
New architecture, alongside repair and reuse of historic buildings, is a vital part of the growth and positive development of our built heritage. Our understanding of that heritage enables us, as architects, to develop creative, enduring responses to a client’s brief and the unique opportunities of a building, site or place, many of which have been recognised with more than 180 awards for design, craftsmanship and conservation.
We are particularly skilled in the integration of both modern and more traditional technologies in historic buildings and interiors to make them environmentally sustainable, energy-efficient and fit for modern purpose. Our philosophy, attention to detail, and understanding of traditional and new materials and construction methods ensure a living continuity for our buildings and places.
Images clockwise from top left p4: Café Royal, London; Blackpool Winter Gardens; Upper Library, Christ College, Oxford; Molineux Hotel, Wolverhampton; The Cross Bath at Thermae Bath Spa
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Design and conservation
As conservation specialists with a love of design and respect for craftsmanship, our starting point for all our work is to understand the unique characteristics and opportunities of a building or place. We work with clients, stakeholders and advisers to realise these opportunities through design, conservation, repair and creative reuse.
New architecture, alongside repair and reuse of historic buildings, is a vital part of the growth and positive development of our built heritage. Our understanding of that heritage enables us, as architects, to develop creative, enduring responses to a client’s brief and the unique opportunities of a building, site or place, many of which have been recognised with more than 180 awards for design, craftsmanship and conservation.
We are particularly skilled in the integration of both modern and more traditional technologies in historic buildings and interiors to make them environmentally sustainable, energy-efficient and fit for modern purpose. Our philosophy, attention to detail, and understanding of traditional and new materials and construction methods ensure a living continuity for our buildings and places.
Images clockwise from top left p4: Café Royal, London; Blackpool Winter Gardens; Upper Library, Christ College, Oxford; Molineux Hotel, Wolverhampton; The Cross Bath at Thermae Bath Spa
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Historic building consultancy
We recognise that new interventions, together with the sensitive repair and conservation of historic fabric, can secure a sustainable future for historic buildings and places. Our architectural advisors, historians and researchers work at all scales, from individual listed buildings to major urban streets, developing strategies for their long-term care, management and development, and helping to achieve positive change in the built environment.
We offer our clients an approach that combines creativity and commercial awareness. Our expertise covers a very diverse range of building types and periods – we have worked with castles, Victorian churches, and twentieth century icons, while our conservation management plan for the whole of London’s Regent Street set the scene for its comprehensive renewal as a thriving piece of city.
We understand the significance of the physical and cultural context of buildings and places, and their strong historical and emotional connections. In our work, we strive to address these connections and affinities, and to identify and exploit opportunities to make a positive contribution to our built heritage.
Regent Street, London
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Historic building consultancy
We recognise that new interventions, together with the sensitive repair and conservation of historic fabric, can secure a sustainable future for historic buildings and places. Our architectural advisors, historians and researchers work at all scales, from individual listed buildings to major urban streets, developing strategies for their long-term care, management and development, and helping to achieve positive change in the built environment.
We offer our clients an approach that combines creativity and commercial awareness. Our expertise covers a very diverse range of building types and periods – we have worked with castles, Victorian churches, and twentieth century icons, while our conservation management plan for the whole of London’s Regent Street set the scene for its comprehensive renewal as a thriving piece of city.
We understand the significance of the physical and cultural context of buildings and places, and their strong historical and emotional connections. In our work, we strive to address these connections and affinities, and to identify and exploit opportunities to make a positive contribution to our built heritage.
Regent Street, London
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Images clockwise from top left p8: Mountain Biking Centre, Blaenau Ffestiniog; Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge; ‘The Wing’ at the Roodee, Chester; Molineux Hotel, Wolverhampton; Copper Kingdom Visitor Centre, Amlwch, Anglesey
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Images clockwise from top left p8: Mountain Biking Centre, Blaenau Ffestiniog; Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge; ‘The Wing’ at the Roodee, Chester; Molineux Hotel, Wolverhampton; Copper Kingdom Visitor Centre, Amlwch, Anglesey
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Images clockwise from top left p10: Windsor Castle – Undercroft and Grand Reception Room; Battle of Britain Memorial, London; Staircase House, Stockport; Plas Coch, Anglesey; Chester Racecourse, Chester; Quadrant 3, London
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Images clockwise from top left p10: Windsor Castle – Undercroft and Grand Reception Room; Battle of Britain Memorial, London; Staircase House, Stockport; Plas Coch, Anglesey; Chester Racecourse, Chester; Quadrant 3, London
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About our company
Sir Donald Insall set up our practice in 1958, having previously been a Lethaby Scholar with the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. From its earliest days we developed a methodology for analysing and understanding a building’s form and history, its significance and opportunities – a process now universally adopted and formalised in such guidance as Conservation Management Plans and Historic Building Appraisals.
We have around 90 staff including over 40 architects. We are proud of our ability to attract and retain some of the most talented professionals in our field, and while many of our staff have been with the practice for some years – giving our clients valuable continuity and long-standing relationships – we also ensure that expertise and skills are nurtured through successive generations.
Our practice has enjoyed steady, sustainable growth, its structure changing to reflect this expansion and development. It was incorporated as a limited company in 1981, and has been owned by an Employee Benefit Trust since 1991, providing for security and succession in our work and organisation.
Donald Insall Associates is an RIBA Chartered Practice and a member of the UK Green Building Council, and operates a Quality Assurance and Environmental Management System accredited to ISO9001 and ISO14001.
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About our company
Sir Donald Insall set up our practice in 1958, having previously been a Lethaby Scholar with the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. From its earliest days we developed a methodology for analysing and understanding a building’s form and history, its significance and opportunities – a process now universally adopted and formalised in such guidance as Conservation Management Plans and Historic Building Appraisals.
We have around 90 staff including over 40 architects. We are proud of our ability to attract and retain some of the most talented professionals in our field, and while many of our staff have been with the practice for some years – giving our clients valuable continuity and long-standing relationships – we also ensure that expertise and skills are nurtured through successive generations.
Our practice has enjoyed steady, sustainable growth, its structure changing to reflect this expansion and development. It was incorporated as a limited company in 1981, and has been owned by an Employee Benefit Trust since 1991, providing for security and succession in our work and organisation.
Donald Insall Associates is an RIBA Chartered Practice and a member of the UK Green Building Council, and operates a Quality Assurance and Environmental Management System accredited to ISO9001 and ISO14001.
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Our clients
We have enjoyed working with a wide range of clients over the last five decades – and have built lasting relationships with many of them.
Recent clients include: Bath and North East Somerset Council Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool Brecon Beacons National Park Authority Cadogan Cadw Cambridge University Cheshire West and Chester Council Chester Cathedral The City and County of Cardiff The Crown Estate English Heritage Grosvenor Her Majesty’s Courts Service Historic Royal Palaces King’s College, Cambridge Liverpool City Council Menter Môn The National Trust Northamptonshire County Council Oxford University Estates Directorate Parliamentary Estates Directorate Private residential clients Queens’ College, Cambridge Royal Albert Hall Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Sheffield City Council Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council Somerset House Trust Stoke-on-Trent City Council The Bank of England Trinity College, Cambridge Trustees and Governors of Woldingham School Trustees of the Theatre Royal, Bristol UNISON University of Bristol Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Wolverhampton City Council
Image credits Cover Somerset House © Peter Durrant P2/3 Drawing of Somerset House by Michael Shippobottom © DIA P4/5 Café Royal © DIA/Tom Barton; Blackpool Winter Gardens © Blackpool Council; Christ College, Oxford © Sarah Duncan; Molineux Hotel © DIA; The Cross Bath © Edmund Sumner P6/7 Regent Street © Amit Geron, courtesy The Set Hotels P8/9 Mountain Biking Centre © Andy Marshall; Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge © Nick Hoggett; The Wing © Andy Marshall; Molineux Hotel © DIA; Copper Kingdom, Amlwch © Dewi Glyn Jones P10/11 Windsor Castle © The Royal Collection; Battle of Britain Memorial © Woodhouse; Staircase House © Paddy Boyle; Plas Coch © Paddy Boyle; Chester Racecourse © Ian Bruce; Quadrant 3 © Dan Dubowitz P12/13 All images © DIA/Robert Davies P14/15 Stephen Hawking Building © Dan White
Stephen Hawking Building, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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Our clients
We have enjoyed working with a wide range of clients over the last five decades – and have built lasting relationships with many of them.
Recent clients include: Bath and North East Somerset Council Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool Brecon Beacons National Park Authority Cadogan Cadw Cambridge University Cheshire West and Chester Council Chester Cathedral The City and County of Cardiff The Crown Estate English Heritage Grosvenor Her Majesty’s Courts Service Historic Royal Palaces King’s College, Cambridge Liverpool City Council Menter Môn The National Trust Northamptonshire County Council Oxford University Estates Directorate Parliamentary Estates Directorate Private residential clients Queens’ College, Cambridge Royal Albert Hall Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Sheffield City Council Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council Somerset House Trust Stoke-on-Trent City Council The Bank of England Trinity College, Cambridge Trustees and Governors of Woldingham School Trustees of the Theatre Royal, Bristol UNISON University of Bristol Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Wolverhampton City Council
Image credits Cover Somerset House © Peter Durrant P2/3 Drawing of Somerset House by Michael Shippobottom © DIA P4/5 Café Royal © DIA/Tom Barton; Blackpool Winter Gardens © Blackpool Council; Christ College, Oxford © Sarah Duncan; Molineux Hotel © DIA; The Cross Bath © Edmund Sumner P6/7 Regent Street © Amit Geron, courtesy The Set Hotels P8/9 Mountain Biking Centre © Andy Marshall; Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge © Nick Hoggett; The Wing © Andy Marshall; Molineux Hotel © DIA; Copper Kingdom, Amlwch © Dewi Glyn Jones P10/11 Windsor Castle © The Royal Collection; Battle of Britain Memorial © Woodhouse; Staircase House © Paddy Boyle; Plas Coch © Paddy Boyle; Chester Racecourse © Ian Bruce; Quadrant 3 © Dan Dubowitz P12/13 All images © DIA/Robert Davies P14/15 Stephen Hawking Building © Dan White
Stephen Hawking Building, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
London 12 Devonshire Street London W1G 7AB 0207 245 9888 [email protected] Bath 7a Northumberland Buildings Queen Square, Bath BA1 2JB 01225 469898 [email protected] Belfast 9-11 Corporation Square Belfast BT1 3AJ 028 9024 8656 [email protected] Cambridge 48 Sidney Street Cambridge CB2 3HX 01223 303111 [email protected]
Chester Bridgegate House, 5 Bridge Place Chester CH1 1SA 01244 350063 [email protected] Conwy Y Becws, Pool Lane Conwy LL32 8PZ 01492 592378 [email protected] Shrewsbury 5 Swan Hill Court Shrewsbury SY1 1NP 01743 351244 [email protected] Trinidad and Tobago 8 Carlos Street, Woodbrook W1 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago +1 868 625 6841 [email protected]
www.insall-architects.co.uk @insallarch
Donald Insall Associates, 2014
