Our portfolio spans sensitive restorations and innovative new developments across the UK and overseas, each shaped by thoughtful, sustainable design. 

 

Projects

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Award-Winning Architects in Staines with 50 Years of Design Experience

Robert Davies John West are an award-winning architects practice based in Staines, delivering creative, sustainable and thoughtful design solutions across the UK and internationally for over 50 years. Our experienced team works across residential, commercial and community projects, combining design innovation with technical expertise. We pride ourselves on a personal and professional approach that brings each client’s vision to life — from concept to completion.

With over five decades of architectural practice behind us we offer to you expertise, wisdom and innovation all underpinned with diligent and thoughtful practicality. 

We deliver 'real-world' architecture', that balances your aspirations, budget and timeframe. No matter the scale, typology or geographical location we have always approached design solutions holistically — consistently outperforming regulatory frameworks in planning, building regulations and sustainability standards.

We are pioneers of sustainable architecture. In the early 1990s, we delivered the UK’s first commercial building with a deep borehole heat exchange system for Ascom Hasler in Croydon. Since then, we’ve continued to lead with innovative, experimental, and environmentally responsible design — from off-grid eco-houses and Passivhaus projects to fabric-first strategies, solar gain optimisation, natural cooling, and landscape-led solutions. We are bound by honesty and integrity... and we love beautiful solutions.

This has always been our ethos.

Sectors

We work across residential, commercial, heritage, education, leisure, and international development sectors - creating thoughtful, sustainable architecture. With 50 years' experience, we bring a personal, professional touch to every project.

Historic & Conservation

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Residential

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Commercial

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Education & Health

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Sports, Leisure & Health

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Overseas & Development

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Historic & Conservation

We specialise in the sensitive restoration and adaptation of historic and listed buildings, combining traditional craftsmanship with carefully considered contemporary interventions.

Residential

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Commercial

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Education & Health

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Sports, Leisure & Health

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Overseas & Development

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Sectors

Historic & Conservation

We specialise in the sensitive restoration and adaptation of historic and listed buildings, combining traditional craftsmanship with carefully considered contemporary interventions.

Residential

We deliver a broad range of residential projects, from one-off homes to multi-storey mixed-use developments - for private clients, developers, housing associations and local authorities across the UK and France.

Commercial

Always mindful of the environmental impact of larger commercial projects, we deliver industrial, manufacturing, retail and office developments with innovative, sustainable solutions such as the UK’s first geothermal borehole system for Ascom Hasler’s headquarters.

Education & Health

We have delivered a range of education and healthcare projects, from nursery schools to hospital works at Epsom and Kingston, including the recently completed Founders Building at Staines Prep School.

Sports, Leisure & Health

We have delivered a wide range of sport, leisure and community projects from a new pavilion at Shepperton Cricket Club and a Sports Hall at Streatham School to works for Staines Town Football Club and V&A Museum.

Overseas & Development

Our overseas work - particularly with sustainable technologies in East Africa - includes projects in Kenya, Malawi, Somalia and Bangladesh, where we serve as retained architects for Parry Building Products and have delivered pioneering developments.

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50th Anniversary Celebration aboard the S.L.Streatley

It was with an overwhelming sense of pride that Robert Davies John West Ltd director and chartered architect Kevin Davies addressed staff and valued clients on the River Thames aboard the S.L.Streatley, a luxury 100 year old genuine coal fired steam boat, to celebrate the practice's 50th anniversary. The nostalgic cruise passed through Old Windsor Lock, the pretty village of Datchet and past many of the practice’s riverside developments in Runnymede and Staines as a reminder of our history and its role in shaping some of the sites on our way.

Speaking at the event, Kevin explained the 50-year journey of the practice from...

 

Our Story

50th Anniversary Celebration aboard the S.L.Streatley

It was with an overwhelming sense of pride that Robert Davies John West Ltd director and chartered architect Kevin Davies addressed staff and valued clients on the River Thames aboard the S.L.Streatley, a luxury 100 year old genuine coal fired steam boat, to celebrate the practice's 50th anniversary. The nostalgic cruise passed through...

Staines Studio

The Courtyard

59 Church Street

Staines-upon-Thames

TW18 4XS

Chulmleigh Studio

Architects Gallery

Stuckley House

Fore Street

Chulmleigh

EX18 7BR

Contact

+44 (0) 1784 459211

info@rdjwltd.com

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As a Chartered Practice we organise the process of managing projects and administering building contracts into a number of key Work Stages which are detailed in the RIBA Plan of Work 2020. (pdf download below)

Work Stages are organised from 0 - 7 with associated Tasks performed at each Stage. Services can be provided for all or selected Work Stages depending on the client requirements, procurement method and complexity of the project. The earlier we are appointed the more opportunity there is for us to 'architect' your project.

 Other Services

  • Phased development appraisals
  • Development Planning
  • Measured surveys
  • Environmental assessment
  • Space Planning
  • Landscape Design
  • Interior Design
  • Schedules of Condition & Dilapidation
  • Planning Appeals
  • 3D modelling

Click on the adjacent image to access the RIBA Plan of Work from Architecture.com

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