At the depth of the last economic depression in 1991, Paul Russell left the world of corporate Architecture to start Russell Associates. The practice built on existing contacts in Central London whilst rapidly establishing new contacts in the Greenwich area.  After less than a year in the almost obligatory bedroom in the attic, we moved to offices in central Greenwich, and further expansion then necessitated the move into the current offices.

An early opportunity came with the complete refurbishment of the Grade 2 Listed Mitre public house and hotel in Greenwich Town Centre. Following this, Russell Associates carried out a number of projects on pubs and restaurants in Greenwich plus the Old Monk in Houndsditch and a theatre refurbishment in Regents Park. We continue to have a substantial amount of work in this field and have been involved in all Greenwich Inc’s properties including the Bar du Musee, Inc Bar, The Spread Eagle, Greenwich Park Bar and Grill and the Powder Monkey, and most recently the Greenwich Brasserie  and Urban Inc in the 0² (dome).

Our domestic work includes a significant number of major refurbishments of existing houses and conversions, for example of churches into homes. We have also worked on a number of substantial new houses, including four notable examples on the exclusive Cator Estate in Blackheath, which range in character from traditional to modern.

Russell Associates increasingly specialise in mixed use and residential infill developments, which are often on difficult Brownfield sites, where careful negotiation is required with local Planners.