Our Team
We are a small architecture practice passionate about the processes of design and construction and bring together architectural expertise gained in a wide variety of building sectors.
Building projects are however a collaborative process and we are fortunate to have a wide circle of professional colleagues in allied disciplines and contractors to call on as required:
- · structural engineers
- · party wall surveyors
- · energy consultants
- · planning consultants
- · daylight and rights of light consultants
- · arboriculturalists
- · garden designers
- · interior designers
- · main contractors
- · specialist joiners
David Appleton
David is the practice director and studied architecture at The Bartlett, UCL and the University of Cambridge.
Qualifying as an architect in 1998, he has considerable design studio and site experience. Having worked on prestigious retail, restaurant and theatre projects, he now focuses primarily on residential work. He is very hands-on at Appleton Weiner and is involved in all projects from start to finish.
He has taught architecture at the University of Cambridge and has been a visiting critic at the University of Portsmouth, London Metropolitan University and The Bartlett, UCL. David has been a mentor for final year students at Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design.
He has completed the SPAB 'Repair of Old Buildings' course and the RIBA 'Advanced Conservation Course'. He is a 'Conservation Registrant' on the RIBA Conservation Register.
When away from the office, he enjoys attempting to improve as a rower with the Lea Rowing Club in east London, cycling and walking Percy (see below).
Percy
Full-time assistant (no formal qualifications).
Awards
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Richmond Avenue
'Don't Move Improve 2019' longlist
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Highbury New Park
'Don't Move Improve 2019' shortlist
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Petherton Road
'Don't Move Improve 2018' longlist
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Wallace Road
Winner 'Most cost effective' prize 'Don't Move Improve 2014'
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Dartmouth Park
'Ideal Home Show Blue Ribbon Awards' shortlist, March 2014
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Dartmouth Park
'Don't Move Improve 2013' shortlist
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Ringmore Rise
'AJ Retrofit Awards' finalist, July 2013
Publications
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Dartmouth Park
Italian design magazine Cose di Casa, March 2023
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Highbury New Park
House Goals by Ruth Slavid, August 2022
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David advises on bathroom design
Home Building and Renovating magazine, March 2022
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Highbury New Park
Grand Designs Magazine, November 2021
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Highbury House 2
Build-it Magazine, September 2019
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Drawings and photographs
Design Process in Architecture: From Concept to Completion by Geoffrey Makstutis, September 2018
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Artist's Studio
Grand Designs Magazine, December 2016
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Artist's Studio
Style at Home Magazine, June 2016
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Wallace Road
Grand Designs Magazine, May 2015
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Wallace Road
The Evening Standard, January 2015
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Wallace Road
The Times Bricks and Mortar supplement, December 2014