Francesca on RIBA Awards panel

F+M are proud to announce our London-based Associate Francesca Basso has been selected as a jury member for the 2026 RIBA Awards, as Conservation Expert. Francesca is an AABC Conservation Architect whose portfolio consists of projects on highly significant Grade I and II listed b

Energy Savers Week

It’s Energy Savers Week! Good design can be emotive and visually stunning.Great design is also energy efficient. Our teams regularly design to Passivhaus EnerPHit and BREEAM standards, creating energy spaces with low lifecycle and maintenance.This involves a clever combinat

Recharge Monday

Reflections on Friars Quay Part IV: An (Un)Intentional Community

To mark the 50th anniversary of the completion of the Friars Quay housing development in Norwich we asked our Senior Architect Matt Wood to reflect on the project. Click Here for Part III, or read ahead for Part IV. The redevelopment of Norwich Over the Water was an early ex

Reflections on Friar’s Quay Part III: Shared Streets, Squares and Alleys

To mark the 50th anniversary of the completion of the Friars Quay housing development in Norwich we asked our Senior Architect Matt Wood to reflect on the project. Click Here for Part II, or read ahead for Part III. The 1975 Architectural Review article concludes that Friars

Francesca appointed to SPAB Scholarship panel

Reflections on Friars Quay Part II: Pre-Post-Modernism?

To mark the 50th anniversary of the completion of the Friars Quay housing development in Norwich we asked our Senior Architect Matt Wood to reflect on the project. Click Here for Part I, or read ahead for Part II. In 1989, Prince (now King) Charles expounded his ‘Vision of Brit

Reflections on Friars Quay Part I: Old City, New Attitude

To mark the 50th anniversary of the completion of the Friars Quay housing development in Norwich we asked our Senior Architect Matt Wood to reflect on the project. Here is the first of four short reads. A recent tourism marketing campaign by Visit Norwich called ‘Old City, New