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Pelican House was the project I spent the longest on during my time at D3 London. The client used the house only in the winter months, which made an outdoor pool redundant for most of the year; the brief called for its removal and replacement with a pool house and sauna, extended off the main building and tied into an existing pump room. That meant redesigning the existing kitchen, filling in the old pool, and resolving how the new extension would connect back into the house it was growing out of. Separately, at the far end of the property line, an existing barn was to be converted into an outhouse for two live-in maids.
My role covered all of the Stage 1 drawings and a share of Stage 2, taking both buildings through to planning permission. I personally designed the barn conversion and 3D modelled both the extension and the outhouse, and stayed in near-constant correspondence with the interior designers and our council application advisor throughout; when my boss was away or occupied with other projects, I was given the lead.
What made the job genuinely enjoyable was the client. The house and grounds were already beautiful, and the client wealthy enough, and considered enough, to choose the right answer over the cheap one. That combination taught me something about client management that no drawing ever could: keep them informed at the right moments, not every moment, and never raise a problem without a solution already in hand. Positive client relationships, it turns out, are built on restraint as much as responsiveness.
Both the pool house and the barn conversion received planning permission, and both are due to be built and completed by the end of February 2026.
