DESIGN + BUILD

Design + Build is at the very core of the Modern Muse philosophy, and every year we have progressively evolved and improved our offering. Our multi-faceted team offers a comprehensive range of specialist skills across the full spectrum of interiors, architecture and construction, enabling us to offer an unrivalled concept-to-completion product.

We create exceptional living spaces, beautifully designed & meticulously delivered to maximise contemporary living requirements. We tailor each individual scheme to suit your style and budget while emphasising your own personality, taste and design flair.

Taking responsibility for both design and build we don’t have the luxury of designing something and leaving it up to the contractor to figure out how to cost and build it, we are the contractor. So, everything we design is built on the foundations of feasibility and a realistic cost awareness.

The traditional architect model adds myriad layers of cost, complexity and conflicting objectives, with no fixed point of contact or clear line of communication. The design often evolves with no real-time cost consideration or understanding of the buildability of the proposed scheme. This can result in delays, hidden costs, miscommunication and ultimately makes the construction more costly and stressful and takes longer to deliver.

Having one clear point of contact & responsibility not only saves doubling up on fees but also saves time, by having all stakeholders feed back to the one central point of contact, supplemented by a clearly structured channel of communication between client and Modern Muse. Market costs and design feasibilities are continuously fed back into the design process, with all parties working towards a common goal.

Buildability and construction costs are consistently fed back into the design loop to ensure our designs are informed by the most cost-effective construction methodology, current best practices and innovations. This means we can offer far more realistic and accurate price guidance throughout the process.

Our core architectural design & build service is supplemented with optional extras such as Interior Design and bespoke joinery. We integrate all third-party specialists such as AV and structural glazing into our package, to give you a complete one-stop shop and, crucially, one point of contact and responsibility.

For the construction stage we adopt a negotiated tender approach, where we negotiate the costs and cost engineer the scheme as required to meet your budget. We supply an unpriced scope of works as part of the tender pack, to enable you to get competitive prices from alternate contractors to sense check our costs.

Our methodology is to work with our clients to make all critical decisions and choices in advance of the build going live. We typically work to a 5% contingency on projects where we have developed a fully detailed and itemised specification.

The foundations of any successful build are professional site and project management, quality control and skilled contractors. As we run only a limited number of construction projects simultaneously, we ensure each project is professionally managed and adequately resourced, delivering high-quality build projects within time and budget.