About us
Tailoring a new home to your needs can be an exciting but daunting prospect. It is hard to know where to begin, what to address and, equally, what to preserve. It is worth seeking the expertise and guidance of professionals.
We launched Scenario with a vision to take Britain’s period architecture into the 21st century using big ideas, technological skill and modern, durable elements. We match each client to the specific scenario, customising spaces according to the needs of today and the future. Our interventions add economic, aesthetic and social value to residential property.
Our work in London and the Home Counties demonstrates our commitment to maintaining architectural charm while designing adaptable, contemporary spaces in a sustainable way.
Projects
Full renovation of a family home, exploring the connection between living spaces
The Scenario House, Stoke Newington during NLA Open house event
Starting your Enfield project
Most building projects in Enfield require approval from the local authority. Enfield architects can help you through the process, collaborating with council officials to see through your application. Scenario Architects has successfully steered clients through the permissions stage.
We’ve drawn up an illustrated synopsis to help guide you through the planning process for an Enfield-based renovation, restoration, addition or new-build.
If you are thinking about starting an architectural project in Enfield, be it a renovation, or an extension to an existing property or even a new build house we are here to help.
TIP: To find out the actual track record which any architects you may be considering has with your local council, go to the planning application search page on your local council’s website and use the search by agent option.
Focal Shift fire place, first project as local architects in Hackney E9
The Scenario House, Stoke Newington during NLA Open house event
Established in 2007, Scenario Architecture is a boutique architecture studio focused on the high-end residential sector, working extensively throughout and around London. We specialise in every scale and type of domestic project, from interior alterations, through full renovations and refurbishments to new build homes. We offer a full bespoke architecture service tailored to fit your requirements and aspirations.
Our friendly and highly skilled team has the knowledge, experience and expertise necessary to take you step-by-step through the challenging and exciting journey of creating your new home. We will work together with you in close collaboration from initial design, through detail design and planning all the way to tender, construction and successful completion of your project on time and within budget.
Scenario Architecture is an RIBA Chartered Practice, which essentially means that we are compliant with the RIBA (Royal Institute of Chartered Architects) strict criteria, covering insurance, health and safety and quality management systems.
As early adopters of latest technology, we use as a standard for all projects a verity of innovative 3D design and visualisation tools to create and communicate design with our clients. Our experience shows that Real-Time visualisations and Virtual Reality tours are extremely powerful tools to streamline the process of choosing material finishes fixtures and fittings as well as simulating realistic natural light conditions.
When we produce accurate and reliable construction information we use the latest 3D BIM technology, (BIM stands for Building Information Modelling) which means that all project information is derived from a single accurate and coordinated 3D model. Using this cutting-edge technology collaboratively with other consultants as well as contractors has proven to save time and cost for our clients.
A case study featuring one of our projects was published by the Chartered Institute of Building, demonstrating the great benefits of this advanced technology specifically with domestic projects.
Scenario Architecture in London deliver design and architectural expertise for residential projects. We were established in 2007 by Ran Ankory and Maya Carni who both trained with the AA School of Architecture. Scenario have grown to an award-winning team of nine. We have been featured in Dezeen and Elle Decoration UK.
Our highly experienced team of architects Stoke Newington work with clients using innovative 3D and Virtual Reality technology that simulates your new home before the first brick is even laid. This simulation technique allows you to see beautiful scenarios, designed to fit your life. An organic process, it often influences the choice of materials and design methods.
If you are looking for a top architects Enfield, we can help with your project. We are a RIBA Chartered Practice and we operate across the following areas and postal districts: Camden, Dalston, Hackney, Hampstead, Highgate, Haringey, Islington, East London, Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea, Mayfair, Notting Hill, North London, West London, West Hampstead, Shoreditch, Southwark, Stoke Newington, N1, N6, NW3, N16 and E5.
Enfield Architects
Scenario is an established architecture practice focusing on contemporary residential design. We take on projects of every scale and scope, from home refurbishment, renovation and expansions to new-builds.
Victorian renovations are more compassionate today than they’ve ever been, with homeowners striving to preserve architectural elements like decorative cornicing, ceiling roses, skirting boards and dada rails. Sash windows are being replaced by specially made wood reproductions and wood-burning fireplaces recouped after being sealed off for decades. Paint companies like Farrow & Ball have built multinationals out of replicating the de rigueur colours of Victorian times. And new tile ceramicists are bringing back traditional motifs with contemporary silhouettes, for front gardens and foyers. Hardwood floors have made a comeback, with timber salvage and reproduction going strong.
Most renovations focus on transforming the core of the home, and revolutionise the kitchen and bathrooms in the process. To recoup the extra floor area today’s families have become accustomed to, Enfield architects are extending into voids in the lofts and side returns common in Victorians. Small period kitchens can open up into the side return without eradicating period features; in the recovered space, a corner can be reserved for a powder room or utility room. Ditto the loft: pushing up the ceiling and pushing out dormer windows can make new space available for an en suite bathroom.
With extending out into dead space comes the welcoming in of natural light. Upward-facing Velux windows become possible once the upper floor is properly extended and the main floor pushed out beyond the confines of the original footprint. If a second-storey extension is permitted in your plans, an internal void can bring natural light from the top floor downwards, and vice versa.
Full-width extension opens to the beautiful garden of this Victorian property
Complete renovation and extension of a family home
A glazed roof draws daylight deep into the plan
In our client's words
We wanted to renovate our house in a conservation area in central London. Given this involved a complete demolition and new build with an extra floor on top, getting planning approval was always going to be tricky. Scenario did an amazing job on the new house 'envelope' and throughout the planning phase. We couldn't have wished for better from them and having succeeded in gaining planning approval owe them a very big 'thank you'.
Scenario designed a kitchen extension for us, and we are delighted with the results. The process was well organised, planned and delivered, and the whole team were a pleasure to work with. I would highly recommend them for their design, planning and project management skills.
Worked with these guys on the internal development of our office. From start to finish they were great. They got what we wanted first time and really made working with them very easy. Their aftercare has been great too helping us deal with something that they were not involved with in the first place. Will highly recommend them to anyone.
Further Reading
Our boutique studio focuses on high-end residential architecture around Greater London. We tackle interior alterations, refurbishments, full renovations and new-builds, collaborating closely with our clients from the initial drawings through construction. We strive to complete all our projects on time and on budget.
Scenario is a RIBA Chartered Practice complying with the strict criteria of the Royal Institute of Chartered Architects, covering insurance, health and safety and quality-management systems.
Early adopters of the latest technology, we use innovative 3D building information modelling (BIM) technology as a standard on all projects. Our experience shows that real-time visualisations and virtual reality are efficient tools for choosing finishes and fittings, and simulating natural light. All our project data comes from accurate, coordinated 3D models that save our clients time and money.
This Chartered Institute of Building case study demonstrates the benefits of this advanced technology for domestic architecture.
Liveable London is expanding and there’s never been a better time to investigate the neighbourhood gems on its periphery. The borough of Enfield, nestled between the North Circular and the M25 on the fringes of North London, has been a secret well-kept by its residents for decades.
The borough is well connected to the City by the always-improving Overground, yet pleasingly leafy and speckled with villages that harken back to centuries past. Housing prices are climbing, but neither too high nor too quickly – just enough to attract young professionals deep into the process of “placemaking”. Those scruffier high streets are smartening up with cafes and independent shops; and its green parks are well tended and fiercely protected. Now is an auspicious time to be here.
When you look beyond the shop fronts, peek over the hedgerows and delve down side streets you find plenty of architectural merit around Enfield. Grand, old houses in every style – Gothic, Baroque, Victorian, Art Deco, Arts and Crafts, midcentury modern – link smaller residential neighbourhoods to the commercial districts. Look up and you can see gargoyles, carved phoenixes, turrets and lacy iron peeping out.
Each individual neighbourhood has an example of a quintessential Victorian pub untouched for generations – see the exuberant Jolly Butchers in Baker Street. Each has its award-winning affordable housing, from the Arts and Crafts Bush Hill Park Estates to Green Ridges, which incorporates Dutch and Spanish gables, Bauhaus corners and Modernist lines. And each has its own stately home and gardens. Myddleton House Gardens, Capel Manor Gardens and Jacobean manor Forty Hall seem better suited to Kent or Buckinghamshire, and yet here we are.
You’ll find a thatched-roof cottage from the 16th-century to Georgians and Victorians adorned with curly iron pillars up Chase Side. And, at the other end, purpose-built housing with modern fittings and landscaped gardens. Should you find a semi, terraced or detached house that suits your needs, there are umpteen opportunities to update and improve the property.
The results you’ll get from hiring an architect to work on an already great property are staggering. We have had a wealth of experience serving clients in Enfield and beyond. If you’re considering purchasing a home in the area, or if you’re contemplating an alteration of your existing home, have a look around our online portfolio to see the potential we can help you realise.
