Nicholas Elias.
Foster + Partners. Apple HQ. Your home.
Nick is a RIBA-registered architect and a RIBA Silver Medal winner — the highest student honour in UK architecture. Before founding Nick Elias Architects he was Associate at Haptic and a senior designer at Foster + Partners.
Nick has led design on projects most London builders only read about: Apple HQ California, HS2 Euston, the Oslo Government Quarter, Istanbul New Airport, museum and cultural fit-outs, and a portfolio of London townhouses, terrace renovations and new builds. On every 2VP project Nick handles RIBA Plan of Work Stages 0–4 and 2VP delivers Stages 5–7 on site.
Senior designer · Apple HQ California, HS2 Euston, Istanbul New Airport.
Associate · Oslo Government Quarter, residential, cultural projects.
UK architecture's top student honour. Awarded for design excellence.
Founder · London. 2VP's exclusive design partner on every brief.
UK architecture’s highest student honour — awarded to your designer.
The RIBA Silver Medal is awarded to the most outstanding design work submitted in any year. Nick won it before founding Nick Elias Architects. Every 2VP client gets that level of design thinking — fees included in the build contract.
Six service types. One design partner.
01Loft design & buildFrom £55k+
RIBA design included in contract. Dormer, mansard, L-shape or hip-to-gable — designed and built as one package.
Discuss this →02Extension design & buildFrom £70k+
Rear, side-return, wrap-around. Nick Elias designs to planning approval; 2VP builds on the same contract.
Discuss this →03Interior designMost requestedFrom £40k+
Full interior concept, material specification, joinery drawings, and procurement — delivered alongside the build.
Discuss this →04Kitchen designFrom £28k+
Bespoke kitchen design and specification. Any supplier. 2VP fits.
Discuss this →05New build design & buildFrom £400k+
One-off family homes and developer schemes. RIBA Stage 0–6. One contract.
Discuss this →06Office & commercialFrom £90/ft²+
Office interiors, dividers, reception areas, retail fit-out — workplace design from Nick Elias.
Discuss this →Six RIBA stages.
One team the whole way.
Written brief, site survey, feasibility confirmation, fee agreement.
3D concept, material palette, planning strategy, preliminary cost plan.
Planning application submitted. Pre-app meetings where needed. Party-wall notices served.
Full technical package: structural, MEP, Building Regulations drawings, specification.
2VP on site. Daily 5pm report. QA-gated stage payments. No trade juggling.
Snagging sign-off, O&M manual, 12-month workmanship warranty, 10-year HomePro guarantee.
Real finished projects.
Designed by Nick. Built by 2VP.
A working archive of designed-and-built schemes across London. Every photo is a real 2VP project — no stock images, no renders pretending to be real.
Photography · Rachel Ferriman (Amott Road) · Finbarr Fallon (46 Chester Square). Concept renders by Nick Elias Architects.
Three projects in detail.
Designed by Nick, built by 2VP.
Across London. Studio in Fulham.
Three ways to engage.
30 minutes with Nick or Vladimir. We assess the project, advise on planning strategy, and tell you if we're the right fit.
Book a callDesign fees are included in the build contract as a single line item. No separate invoice. Covers RIBA Stage 2–6 plus all applications and engineer coordination.
Get your estimateFor clients who want Nick Elias Architects to design and gain planning, but use their own builder. Stage fees charged at RIBA Stage 2, 3, and 4.
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