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Cloth Cornhill - Update on former "Simpsons Tavern"

04th December 2025 Its official, the former Simpons Tavern, the chop house trading in Cornhill since 1757 is reopening!

Planning a Residential Extension in London? What You Need to Know Before Hiring an Architect

01st October 2025 Planning a home extension in London? Learn when you need planning permission, the risks of building without it, and why working with residential architects London ensures success.

Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent: Avoiding Mistakes with a Conservation Architect

15th July 2025 Learn why using a conservation architect is essential when altering a listed building - and how to avoid costly planning mistakes.

Blackheath & Greenwich

15th March 2025 E2 are starting to become synonymous with Blackheath and the borough of Greenwich more generally. We now have a large, growing and varied portfolio of clients and projects in Blackheath and the surrounding areas.

E2 Exceeds All Expectations with Retrofit of 19th Century Old Drill Hall

21st June 2022 Discover more about our latest manifesto project - the deep retrofit of 19th Century 'the Old Drill Hall Farringdon' - where we have exceeded all expectations by following our Contemporary Conservation approach. And join us on a guided tour of the building to discuss the project with the team...

E2 Associate Joins the RIBA Conservation Architect Register

28th April 2022 E2 Associate Jim has recently completed RIBA certified training that places him on the RIBA Conservation Architect Register. Next step is completing the full qualification to become a RIBA accredited Conservation Architect.

E2 is 15! Elevating value with elegance for 15 years.

26th April 2022 This month marks 15 years of our practice; and what a great journey it has been. E2 may be a small studio in size but our portfolio is far from that. We have loved working on such amazing spaces but above all; we have loved being able to give our clients exactly what they want. Special thanks to all our clients embarking on this journey with us and to all the professionals bringing our designs to reality, certainly we couldn't have done it without you. Take a look at our 15 favourite visuals from our projects over the years. Here's to 15 more, Cheers!

The Container Studio | Work Experience with Aleeya Sibbons

18th August 2021 Through architecture we can explore our differences, which in turn can convince people to be more accepting; influencing them to expand on their outlook of the world we’ve created.

The Container Studio | Work Experience with Beulah Kuku

29th July 2021 Here at E2, we are thrilled to launch the first week of our work experience program. From this year we will be investing 4 weeks over a 2-month period during the summer to work with students with interest in becoming architects. The aim of this program is to provide exposure to various aspects of an architectural practice and how they operate, giving insight to the student as they navigate through their architectural careers , enabling them make informed decisions. Meet our first student and see what she got up to with us.

An Architecture Pilgrimage: A Perspective with David Obaro - Part 4; Days of Future Past

30th October 2020 This blog provides a perspective on becoming an architect. It follows the career progression of E2 Head of Visualisations David Obaro through a four-part blog mini-series. Each part will be released on Fridays during the month of October. This is Part 4 - Days of Future Past.

An Architecture Pilgrimage: a perspective with David Obaro - Part 3; Life, in Practice

23rd October 2020 This blog provides a perspective on becoming an architect. It follows the career progression of E2 Head of Visualisations David Obaro through a four-part blog mini-series. Each part will be released on Fridays during the month of October. This is Part 3 - Life, in Practice.

An Architecture Pilgrimage: a perspective with David Obaro - Part 2; The Experience Seeker

16th October 2020 This blog provides a perspective on becoming an architect. It follows the career progression of E2 Head of Visualisations David Obaro through a four-part blog mini-series. Each part will be released on Fridays during the month of October. This is Part 2 - The Experience Seeker.

An Architecture Pilgrimage: A Perspective with David Obaro - Part 1; Discovery

09th October 2020 This blog provides a perspective on becoming an architect. It follows the career progression of E2 Head of Visualisations David Obaro through a four-part blog mini-series. Each part will be released on Fridays during the month of October. This is Part 1 - Discovery.

E2 Trailblaze in the Lockdown

11th May 2020 Innovation is central to E2's culture... and it's starting to show. E2 have been featured by the RIBA and Houzz, spearheading the UK industry on how best to overcome the constraints of the Lockdown.

Regulations for Virtual Planning Meetings Issued

15th April 2020 The government has issued the regulations required for English local authorities to hold public meetings virtually, by phone or video link, during the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown.

E2 Featured in Evening Standard Homes & Property

14th April 2020 E2's stylish loft conversion at actor Dominic Cooper's two bedroom flat turns the client brief on its head...

Lockdown Architects - Online Consultations Available Now

26th March 2020 Whilst it is a frustration for us all that we cannot carry on our daily routines, collectively we must use our ingenuity - ‘the show must go on’! Now is the ideal opportunity to bring online your new project, or progress with an existing one. Let us put you on the right footing – so that, when we do, we breakthrough the lockdown stronger together.

A Philosophy of Change for Owners and Managers of Listed Buildings

07th February 2020 Change in a heritage setting? Change can happen in a listed building or conservation setting. As the owner or manager of a listed building you are considered to be the current guardian of a national heritage asset. In this role you can expect support and you could consider yourself a champion of the legacy to be passed on.

Contemporary Intervention Blackheath

08th November 2019 Our Contemporary Intervention to a private home in Blackheath is nearing successful completion, to the delight of our happy client.

E2 Needs You!

27th June 2019 We are currently looking for Part II level applicants. Apply here...

Asymmetry in Blackheath; when the old drives the design of the new...

27th June 2019 Our contemporary intervention in Blackheath is within touching distance of completion onsite. The design of a strikingly contemporary rear extension to this detached town house on the edge of the heath takes its design cues from the arts and crafts style existing building. With asymmetry cascading down from the old building onto our new extension, which also features an asymmetrically pitched roof.

When Does a Shipping Container Become an Office - E2 Move to ContainerVille

17th May 2019 Shipping containers as an architectural solution have become more popular recently, representing a cheap and sustainable approach that makes use of decommissioned shipping containers. However there are some real issues to do with the inherent dimensions and structural capacity of standard containers. If you are interested in joining the ContainerVille revolution please call the Estates Office 0203 8585 473 - and make sure to mention us and we'll take you out for lunch!

Medusa Road; the answer to the question 'to extend full-width or not?'

17th May 2019 'To extend full-width or not?' That is the question. Our Medusa Road project offers a convincing answer that may surprise...

E2 turns 12 this year!

08th May 2019 E2 turns 12 this year! E2 continues to deliver distinctive designs of outstanding quality that enhance and add value to homes, businesses and developments. 2019 is a big year of milestones for us, we celebrate our twelfth year in business with an office move back to E2 postcode and ContainerVille. Our thanks go out to everyone we've worked with to date... Here's to the next dozen...

E2 Director Sam Cooper has Received Accreditation as an RIBA Conservation Architect

22nd November 2018 After more than 20 years working with listed and historically significant buildings and conservation areas our director Sam Cooper has received accreditation as an RIBA Conservation Architect. This puts Sam in a group of approximately 250 conservation architects in the country, recognising him as an expert in the field.

E2 Success at the Farm & Country House Business Innovation Show

14th November 2018 Following on from our last post The Farm & Country House Business Innovation Show at the Birmingham NEC went off with a bang.

E2 Take a Stand at the Farm and Country House Business Innovation Show

02nd November 2018 E2 take a stand at the Farm & Country House Business Innovation Show, on the 7th & 8th of November at the Birmingham NEC. We will be offering advice on our specialisms relating to achieving permitted development rights for change of use to agricultural and office buildings, full planning designs that should follow to ensure the buildings actually work and are fit for purpose, gaining consent for work to Listed Buildings, the potential for new build development in rural settings and Paragraph 79 (previously 55) homes, amongst others.

E2 Contemporary Interventions to Private Homes Underway

02nd November 2018 E2's contemporary interventions to private homes continue to make a mark north and south of the river, with projects completed or underway in Hackney, Blackheath, Catford & Shepherd's Bush.

E2 Specialism Expands with New Listed Building Projects

02nd November 2018 E2 are proud to be expanding our specialism for Listed Buildings and Conservation Architecture. We are currently working with developer Max Barney on two buildings of significant heritage interest in Westminster and Camden, The Grade II Listed George & Dragon Pub and the Drill Hall, Farringdon Road, built in 1888. We have also started work on a side extension to a Grade II Listed private house in Tower Hamlets.

Sam Cooper Accreditation as Conservation Architect + E2 Team News

01st November 2018 After more than 20 years working on and in listed and historically significant buildings and conservation areas our director Sam Cooper has submitted for accreditation as an RIBA Conservation Architect. Sam attended the four day intensive course at RIBA Portland Place and has condensed a career of experience and knowledge into a 64 page dossier to present to the Assessment Panel

E2's Work with Developers Expands from London to Beyond the Greenbelt

01st November 2018 We are currently working with developer Max Barney on two buildings of significant heritage interest in Westminster and Camden. And we have recently been approached to work on several new build houses in an agricultural rural setting beyond the green belt, including the potential for a Paragraph 79 house.

Grade I Listed Morden College Completion

01st November 2018 The three hundred and twenty year old Grade II Listed wall to the Clerk's House garden has undergone a well earned facelift. Refurbishment works were onsite for 16 weeks, during which the wall was carefully and painstakingly restored following a conservation approach subscribed by E2 with consultation from Dr Gerard Lynch 'The Red Mason' and ably carried out by Charlie Stewart and his team of craftsmen at Stewart Truman.

Medusa Road Site Works Commence

07th October 2018 Our project at Medusa Road in Catford for a cantilevered open corner single storey dining room extension and refurb of the ground floor is now on site...

Planning in Principle Goes Live

06th June 2018 Planning in principle represents a new development in planning terms. We discuss what it means and offer our opinion on whether in practice it will achieve what the government hopes it will; the delivery of more homes on the housing market. And we outline how this could affect you too.

Commercial

15th March 2018 Commercial buildings require a steady and seasoned pair of hands. This is true especially when the commercial units are to be kept open to the public during construction works. At E2 we work on projects of this nature regularly, making a success of each one.

Listed Buildings

15th March 2018 E2 have been entrusted with work to Listed Buildings for many years and have developed a skill in working with them. Morden College, associated with architect Sir Christopher Wren, have placed their trust in E2 as heritage architect for their vast portfolio of Listed Buildings in Greenwich.

Contemporary Interventions

15th March 2018 Each heritage building is unique, so why would you make an 'off the peg' contemporary intervention? E2 have established a track record for interesting and distinctive contemporary interventions to heritage buildings.

Multi-unit Residential

15th March 2018 E2 have established ourselves on larger residential schemes, taking the methodology applied to our Pavilion project and approaching larger buildings with multiple units with the same outcome in mind - making eco sexy!

New Build

15th March 2018 E2's flagship project 'The Pavilion' was voted top UK Eco home by Guardian online readers and has won several awards since. This project has set our bench mark for new build homes.

E2 'Ask an Expert' at Grand Designs Excel 2017

30th March 2017 E2 will be offering expert advice at Grand Designs Live ExCel 2017, fielding questions from the general public at the ‘Ask an Expert’ stand on Friday the 5th of May.

E2 Are Recruiting

30th March 2017 The Practice – E2 Architecture + Interiors A successful and award winning practice specialising in new build eco houses; developer lead residential and contemporary interventions in conservation areas. Established for 10 years we are a small team with a track record for thorough analysis and technical rigour to deliver outstanding architecture.

Receive a Bottle of High Quality Artisan Wine

30th March 2017 At E2 we pride ourselves on providing well crafted architectural services.

E2 Progress with Autodesk Revit

30th March 2017

E2 Report on Basement Policy and Flood Risk

30th March 2017 Following the lead of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, who have reacted to the rise in number of ‘iceberg homes’, councils across London are currently in the process of altering their planning policy for construction projects that include basements.

E2 Featured in Houzz Article '12 Clever Eco Tips to Steal...'

24th February 2017 E2 have been featured twice, providing 2 of the ’12 Clever Eco Tips to Steal’, in this online article on Houzz.com.

E2 Architecture Featured in the Times Magazine

30th January 2017 E2 have been featured in The Times Magazine Supplement of the Year, January 2017 release.

Granville Park, Blackheath

30th September 2016 The refurbishment and conversion of an elegant Victorian villa on Granville Park.

Macartney House, Blackheath

30th September 2016 E2 are refurbishing and reconfiguring the north wing of the grand Macartney House, situated on the south western park wall to Greenwich Park.

Goodwins Court, Covent Garden, Nears Completion

30th September 2016 E2’s refurbishment of a delightful bijou property on Goodwin’s Court in Covent Garden draws to a close.

Open House London 2016 -The Pavilion Eco House, Blackheath

30th September 2016 E2 are proud to be able to announce the participation of The Pavilion for Open House London 2016.

The Pavilion Eco House Featured in an Article on Houzz

30th August 2016 Houzz Tour: An Architect Builds a Beautiful Eco Haven for his Parents

The Pavilion Featured in Elle Decoration Magazine

28th February 2016 E2’s flagship project The Pavilion Eco House, Blackheath, has been featured in this month’s Elle Decoration Magazine.

Green Sky Thinking Talk at The Pavilion

18th April 2013 E2 have been invited to present The Pavilion project as part of The Green Sky Thinking programme for spring 2013.

The Pavilion Airtightness

27th February 2013 The Pavilion has surpassed expectation by achieving an incredible air-pressure test result of 1.09 (h.m2), which is comparable to the German Passivhaus standard.

The Pavilion Topping Out

19th March 2012 Goldsmith Construction Group broke ground at The Pavilion site in Blackheath in August 2011 and have just this week topped out the structure.

St Martins Lane in for Planning

18th March 2012 E2 have completed and submitted the application for the conversion of three heritage buildings on St Martin’s Lane in the Covent Garden conservation area.

the Green Deal

15th March 2012 E2 have joined the UK Green Building Council so that we can help our industry in campaigning for a sustainable built environment.

The Pavilion

27th August 2011 After a hard fought but successful planning permission the Pavilion team have been working tirelessly on the construction package that will deliver ‘the best of modern contemporary living with the highest levels of sustainability’ on this Blackheath site.

Charlie Chaplin Adventure Playground

27th August 2011 The E2 team has been master-planning the redesign and restructuring of the Charlie Chaplin Adventure Playground in Lambeth.

Holland Villas Complete

27th August 2011 E2 Architecture & Interiors in conjunction with Halpin & Co Contractors have just finished a high specification refurbishment of a large detached residence on Holland Villas Road in Kensington.

Moreton Street

27th August 2011 Construction and finishing of 42 and 44 Moreton Street is nearing completion. E2 designed and managed the roof extensions and interior overhaul to the two early Victorian properties in the Pimlico conservation area.

Black Redstart Spotted

27th July 2011 One of the rarest breeding British birds was spotted nesting on the rear wall of the office during the last week of July 2011.

Pavilion Eco House Green Light

15th March 2011 Plans to build an environmentally friendly, sustainable home in the grounds of a historical house have been given the go ahead by the Planning Inspectorate following a successful appeal.

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