Architect​/Interior Architect - Alternative Environment

Step out of practice. Keep the design quality. Be paid your worth.

Are you an Architect, Interior Architect or experienced Part II who’s :

• Tired of 3-5 year projects that never seem to land?
• Ready to actually see your designs built in 8-16 weeks, not 8-16 quarters?
• Wondering why you’re delivering £50m+ schemes on a salary that doesn’t seem to add up?

This is a chance to move from traditional practice into a high-growth Design & Build employer in Central London, specialising in award-winning workplace projects across the city - typically £5m-£200m construction values.

You’ll join a tight, 20-person team, reporting directly to the Managing Director, working alongside designers, technical designers, Project Manager's and commercial leads - all under one roof.

No endless coordination chains. No waiting years to see if your idea survived value engineering.

Here, you design it, draw it, and see it completed on site within months.

You’ll step in as a Technical Architect / Designer, owning the technical side of multiple projects while staying close to design and clients.

• Take schemes from concept handover through tender and construction information.
• Work on central London workplace projects ranging from boutique 5, sqft spaces to major multi‑floor, 90,000 sqft HQ fit‑outs.
• Operate at a faster pace of 8-16 week programmes, often with 3-5 live projects at any one time (depending on scale).
• Sit at the intersection of design, delivery and commercial – you’ll be the person who makes sure great ideas actually work in reality.

This is for someone who enjoys owning the detail and seeing it through.

• Lead technical delivery.
• Translate design intent into coordinated technical drawing packages – plans, sections, joinery details, setting‑out, the works.
• Take responsibility for information actually being buildable, safe and compliant.
• Juggle a meaningful workload.
• Run one major workplace project or several small to mid‑sized fit‑outs in parallel.
• Balance deadlines across multiple teams without dropping quality.
• Coordinate the whole puzzle.
• Work closely with structural, MEP, acoustic and joinery subcontractors, as well as in‑house PMs and commercial managers.
• Resolve clashes and site issues fast and pragmatically.
• Be client‑facing, not hidden in the back room.
• Join client meetings as the technical voice in the room – explain constraints, propose options, protect design intent.
• Support pitch‑to‑delivery continuity – concept designers hand over to you, but you stay visible through to completion.
• Help drive the Revit transition – several live projects are in Revit, whilst others transition from 2D.
• Over time – help steer the wider team’s move into Revit on larger and more complex schemes – your Revit fluency will be a genuine asset.

• You’ll actually see the result of your work – fast.
• Projects don’t sit in planning limbo for years. You see steel, studs and finishes within weeks / months, not years.
• You’ll see design, technical, cost and buildability on every scheme – not just one slice of the process.
• You’ll become the architect / technical designer who can walk onto the site and immediately understand what’s going on.
• Serious salary uplift vs traditional practice.
• Design & Build pays at a level that reflects the pace and responsibility.
• Expect a meaningful step up from typical central London practice bands for comparable experience.
• Genuinely fast progression.
• The business is aiming to double headcount and project size over the next two years.
• If you perform, there’s room for rapid growth into leadership or even alternative pathways such as Project Management – without having to change companies.
• A young, hungry environment.
• The team is fresh, ambitious and award‑focused – they care about design quality, not just churning out square metres.
• Social is strong – regular team events, CPD's, talks, gym sessions, plus summer / Christmas parties.

• You’re an Architect, Interior Architect or experienced Part II with :
• Solid workplace / office fit‑out experience (ideally central London, £5m-£200m schemes).
• Experience across technical design and detailing, not…