The +Home scheme proposes community-led self-build homes that people can design themselves. Simple to build with affordable frames and components, the homes would be climate friendly and recyclable at the end of their use. +Home is joint winner of the Home of 2030 competition. More than a house type, +Home helps communities to build green, […]

We worked with the architects Apt and Weber Industries, a specialist fabrication company based in Peckham, to design an extension to a Modernist Grade II* listed private home in Chelsea. The house has previous extensions including a Norman Foster conservatory added in the 1990s. As the building is such a rare example of modernist architecture […]

Millbrook Park – Phase 5 is one phase of a large-scale redevelopment project located in Mill Hill, North London. Phase 5 consists of 33 townhouses and 111 apartments over a basement car park. It is one of the later phases to be developed and had been used as a spoil dump by the earlier neighbouring plots. […]

Brentford Lock West is a mixed-use regeneration scheme fronting the Grand Union Canal, in West London. The phased development provides over 500 high-quality residential family units on a 6-hectare former industrial site. This is another project where getting planning permission was a major challenge. On this occasion we were able to help by managing the […]

Expedition and our sister company Useful Projects are working with Human + Nature and Aviva Investors to develop the engineering proposals and sustainability vision for this residential led, mixed use development in Gomm Valley, Buckinghamshire. Around 1,000 new homes will be created, sensitively situated within a beautiful dry chalk valley in the Chiltern Hills. Alongside […]

Andy and Gill Barnett bought a dilapidated shepherd’s cottage with a vision to create a base for their walking adventures in the Scottish Highlands.The existing stone walled building was in poor condition having been left alone for a number of years. From the start the architectural intention was to retain as much of the fabric […]

The structural engineering challenges on this job belies its otherwise small scale. Specifically, we had to solve the problem of transmitting the additional loads from the new apartment onto and through this previously extended and bomb damaged masonry building…and then to demonstrate the adequacy of the proposal to the satisfaction of the building control officer. […]

The Sde Dov Quarter is a new 12,000 unit residential development on the site of the old airport. The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality has strong sustainability ambitions for this development. We have been appointed to develop a holistic and ambitious sustainability strategy, helping the new development exceed current targets. Our scope includes developing the sustainability vision and objectives, carrying out technical […]

Expedition was appointed to provide engineering services to develop the masterplan for this 12 hectare site just outside Hartlepool. The aspiration is to create an exemplar sustainable development, with the aims of providing high quality housing for vulnerable members of society, creating a vibrant community and minimising whole life environmental impacts. Initially located within the […]

With this project we were amongst the first practices in the UK to design a building using the ‘Passivhaus’ criteria. This family home in Highgate has super-insulated walls, triple-glazed windows and heat-recovery ventilation to keep heat loss to an absolute minimum. The marginal energy loss is offset by the energy generated from solar panels and […]

Working with our sister company Useful Simple Projects, we were appointed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Municipality of Sao Paulo to provide engineering design advice to this 4000 home social housing development. The development will provide much needed homes for communities currently living in dwellings with a high risk of collapse or […]

Expedition worked with JH Architecture to design this glasswalled structure in the garden of the client. The space houses a private art collection and provides a peaceful meditation space in which to practice yoga. The site location and planning requirements called for a structure which was unobtrusive and did not detract from the beauty garden. This […]

We are part of the masterplanning team for this new development in Cuba, providing engineering and sustainability services. The development will be the first of a new wave of investment into the country. The aim is to raise the quality of tourism Cuba offers and to be an exemplar sustainable development. The site has a […]

Smith’s Dock is a collection of 24 three-storey modular townhouses, designed by architects ShedKM and manufactured by SIG Building Systems for renowned urban regeneration developers Urban Splash. Each townhouse is constructed from three single storey timber-framed modules, which are prefabricated and fully fitted out in a controlled factory environment, before being transported to site by […]

The UK’s first pop-up village, the project has allowed a vacant brownfield site to be temporarily used for housing while a long term solution is developed. Working directly for SIG, the specialist manufacturer, Expedition provided the structural engineering design for this four storey modular volumetric timber construction. 64 units were prefabricated and fully fitted out off-site […]

This 20 storey tower near ExCel in London combines 105 flats with 150m2 of ground floor commercial space and a sub-ground parking area. Built on the site of a previously aborted development dating from 2006, our design philosophy was to minimise demolition and re-use as much of the existing structure as possible. In close proximity […]

We have provided strategic project management in addition to structural and civil engineering design on this mixed use residential development scheme on a former industrial site fronting the Thames. The scheme comprises over 650 residential units, a hotel, leisure and retail facilities regenerating a 5 hectare brownfield site. Construction of the first phase of the […]

This 1400m² Buckinghamshire building feels just like a 21st century stately home….we can easily imagine it being there in 500 years. On this project we fulfil a conventional structural and civil engineering role working with Robin Partington and Hamilton Associates. Apart from the prosaic challenges of building in the ground (wet muck and sweat!)…most of […]

Expedition worked on behalf of London & Regional Properties with Origin Group housing association and with design & build contractor, Eugena, to deliver 27 residential units on this tricky, brown-field site within walking distance of King’s Cross & St Pancras Stations in London. The scheme provided a mix of one, two and three bedroom maisonettes, […]

Expedition have been working alongside Harper Downie to deliver this mixed-use residential development opposite the Roundhouse on Chalk Farm Road in North London. The site was previously occupied by a Texaco service station and the piled foundations for the building sit in close proximity to London Underground’s Northern Line tunnels. Expedition developed the design of […]

Expedition working together with Robert Partington & Partners designed a scheme to link and vertically extend two different adjacent office buildings into one new re-clad modern development on the corner of Dean Street and Richmond Buildings in Soho, London. The new building houses a restaurant at ground and basement, and 18 high-spec apartments including two […]

We acted as structural engineers for this design of David Puttnam’s private cinema. The lightweight stressed skin timber roof was particularly challenging, and essential to establish the correct viewing,and popcorn munching, environment.

The Essex Road development regenerated a run-down corner petrol station site in north London into a hub of modern, spacious apartments and shops. The new building has a contemporary edge, yet complements its neighbours. The fourteen multiple-bedroom apartments focus on commodious living areas, allowing the occupier to enjoy the thrill of urban living with a […]

Expedition provided structural and civil engineering services for the preplanning design of the new development of Enderby Place on the Greenwich peninsular. The 263 residential units are arranged in two towers: 30 and 21 stories above a landscaped podium over basement parking levels. The scheme also incorporates the on-shore facilities for London’s first international cruise port including […]